Hugh Lawson
piano
Hugh Lawson was a Detroit jazz pianist; Barry counts him among the younger players of his Detroit circle who came to his house.
- mentions
- 3
- recordings
- 3
- Barry speaking
- 0
What Barry says
Barry names Hugh Lawson and Kirk Lightsey as ‘the younger cats’ who were part of the Detroit circle, along with the bassist Doug Watkins and Frank Gant, all of whom came to his house.
Recalling that Charlie Parker died on March 12, Barry notes that the date was also his wife’s birthday and the birthday of Hugh Lawson, another pianist.
In his own words
Then the younger cats, you know, Kirk Lightsey, Hugh Lawson was part of it.
I’ll never forget that, March 12th. That was my wife’s birthday – Hugh Lawson’s birthday. Hugh Lawson, another pianist.
Every mention
3 moments in the recordings, 0 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Artists House Master Class Barry Harris - Introduction by Gary Giddins
- 2:31
Someone else
Gary Giddins places Lawson in Barry’s postwar Detroit group: a fine blues pianist who often worked with Yusef Lateef.
Artists House Master Class Barry Harris Introduction by Gary Giddins
- 2:35
Someone else
The same Gary Giddins introduction to the 2004 NYU master class, another upload.
In the interviews and notes
Barry places Hugh Lawson and Kirk Lightsey among the younger members of his Detroit circle, the players who came through his house.
Barry remembers March 12, the day Charlie Parker died, as both his wife’s birthday and Hugh Lawson’s.
The profile names Lawson, with Tommy Flanagan, Roland Hanna and Kirk Lightsey, among Barry’s fellow pianists in Detroit, where Barry held house gigs at the Blue Bird Inn, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge and the Rouge Lounge.
unknown (JazzTimes; the byline is missing on the current site), Barry Harris: Teacher Man ¶7