Elliot Lawrence

Elliot Lawrence (b. Elliott Lawrence Broza, Feb. 14, 1925) is an American jazz pianist and bandleader.

Son of the broadcaster Stan Lee Broza, Lawrence led his first dance band at age 20, but he played swing at the time its heyday was coming to a close. He recorded copiously as a bandleader for Columbia, Decca, King, Fantasy, Vik, and Sesac between 1946 and 1960.

After 1960 Lawrence gave up jazz and began composing and arranging for television, film, and stage. He won two Tony Awards in 1961 and 1962.

Discography

*"College Prom", 1950
*"Moonlight on the Campus", 1950
*"Elliot Lawrence Band Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements" with Eddie Bert, Hal McKusick, Nick Travis, Don Lamond, Al Cohn, Al DeRisi, Stan Fishelson, Bernie Glow, Sam Marowitz, Tony Miranda, Charlie O'Kane, Russ Saunders, Cool Fred Schmidt, Paul Selden, Dick Sherman, Ed Wasserman, Ollie Wilson, 1955
*"Music of Elliot Lawrence" with Eddie Bert, Mary Osborne, Tony Aless, Tyree Glenn, Gene Quill, Don Stratton, Al Cohn, Jimmy Buffington, Burt Collins, Stan Fishelson, Andy Fitzgerald, Bernie Glow, Sol Gubin, Morty Lewis, Sam Marowitz, Charlie O'Kane, Russ Savakus, William Elton, Jim Dahl, Danny Riccardo, Buddy Jones, 1956
*"Elliott Lawrence Plays Tiny Kahn", 1956
*"Dream", 1956
*"Swinging at the Steel Pier" [live] , 1956
*"Elliot Lawrence and Johnny Mandel Arrangements", 1956
*"Elliott Lawrence Plays for Swinging Dancers", 1957
*"Dream On...Dance on", 1957
*"Jazz Goes Broadway", 1957
*"Big Band Sound", 1958
*"Big Band Modern", 1958
*"Jump Steady", 1960

References

*Scott Yanow, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hiftxqt5ldte~T1 Elliot Lawrence] at Allmusic

http://www.gerrymulligan.info/news_june2005.html A Review of the Elliot Lawrence Career by DREW TECHNER, THE MULLIGAN INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTERDECEMBER 2004 - JUNE 2005 ISSUE