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Azar Lawrence Quintet Featuring Gilbert Castellanos, Trumpet; Theo Saunders, Piano; Jeff Littleton Bass & Marvin 'smitty' Smith Drums at Seabird Jazz Lounge

Courtesy of Linda G. | Posted on October 10, 2014

Where

Seabird Jazz Lounge
730 E. Broadway Ave
Long Beach, CA
Map
310-980-5902

When

Sat, October 25, 2014
9:00 pm

At Door

$15.00

Musicians

About

As straight ahead as Jazz can get!!!!! Azar Lawrence is considered to be a direct descendant of John Coltrane via his years with McCoy Tyner. An American treasure Azar's recorded with Tyner, Miles Davis, Woody Shaw among others. He wrote for Earth, Wind & Fire and performs on Marvin Gaye's Grammy winning album Hear My Dear.



AZAR LAWRENCE

One of the most powerful and distinctive of all post–Coltrane tenorists, Azar Lawrence has been a sometimes quiet force in music for over three decades. Born in 1952 in Los Angeles by the age of 21 he had worked with Ike & Tina Turner, War, and Charles Wright’s Watts 103rd Street Band (“Express Yourself”)....

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