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Michael Lawrence

Born: 1981

Mike Lawrence is a working bassist in the New York's Capital Region (Schenectady, Albany, Saratoga). 

A member of the Art D'echo Trio with pianist Dave Gleason and drummer Pete Sweeney, they have releases out on bandcamp (https://artdechotrio.bandcamp.com/track/rvg-blues) and recently recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio. Performing and teaching both upright and electric basses he can be heard on Michael Benedict's "Bopitude" recordings on Planet Arts and Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble. 

He has recorded albums with the Art D’echo Trio (2025), The Piranha Brothers (2023), Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble alongside Joe Locke, Sharel Cassity, Bruce Barth and Michael Benedict on the album "Circulation: The Music of Gary McFarland" (one of NPR’s Best Jazz Albums of 2015). He has also recorded with Michael Benedict's Jazz Vibes “1-2-3 Go!” (2022); Michael Benedict’s Bopitude "Five and One" (2012) featuring Gary Smulyan (named by Downbeat Magazine as one of the Best Albums of 2013); and Joe Finn’s “As Luck Would Have It” (2021).