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Azar Lawrence

Shadow Dancing
LP Black $14 $22
  • Rare Jazz/Funk/Boogie album by Jazz legend Azar Lawrence
  • First vinyl reissue since 1985
  • Featuring an all-star line-up
  • 180g CLEAR vinyl limited to 100 copies (LITA Exclusive)
  • 180g BLACK vinyl limited to 500 copies (w/OBI strip)

Description

Saxophonist Azar Lawrence (born 1952) needs little introduction, as a young musical prodigy he was lovingly tutored by his mother, who taught music and led their church choir. At age 5, he played violin in the Los Angeles Junior Symphony, then viola, but his ears were turned to the saxophone at age 13. Azar spent his teen years immersed in jazz at the home of his best friend, none other than the late Reggie Golson, son of the great composer/arranger/saxophonist, Bennie Golson. From then on it was jazz, jazz and more jazz!

Azar Lawrence began his jazz career at the renowned Dorsey High School Jazz Workshop. After high school he played in Horace Tapscott’s ‘Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra’ and started performing in the Los Angeles club circuit. He soon found himself playing with the Ike & Tina Turner band, the Watts 103rd Street Band and...

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Preview Tracklist

  • Magic In The Night
  • Shadow Dancing
  • Inside Stuff
  • One More Time
  • Your Love Is Keeping Me Alive
  • Keep It Hot
  • Singapore Nights
  • Interlude