Hugh Lawson
Biography
Hugh Lawson (March 12, 1935 – March 11, 1997), was an American jazz pianist from Detroit who worked with Yusef Lateef for more than 10 years. Inspired by Bud Powell, Hampton Hawes and Bill Evans, Lawson first gained recognition for his work with Lateef from 1957 onwards. He recorded with Harry "Sweets" Edison (1962), Roy Brooks, and Lateef again on several occasions in the 1960s. In 1972, he performed with "The Piano Choir" (Strata-East), a group with seven pianists including Stanley Cowell and Harold Mabern. He went on to tour with Charles Mingus in 1975 and 1977 and made recordings with Charlie Rouse (1977), George Adams, and as a leader. Lawson died of colon cancer in White Plains, NY, March 11, 1997, at the age of 61.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef
1960
God Bless The Child
1971
The Free Slave
1972
The Blue Yusef Lateef
1968
Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83°
1969
Before Dawn: The Music Of Yusef Lateef
1958
The Best Of Yusef Lateef
1971
Cry! – Tender
1960
Other Sounds
1959
Celestial Blues (Cosmic, Political And Spiritual Jazz 1970 To 1974)
2016
Hand To Hand
1980
Handscapes
1973
The Diverse Yusef Lateef
1970
The Complete Yusef Lateef
1968
The Golden Flute
1967
A Flat, G Flat And C
1966
Beat
1964
Jazz Mood
1957
Credited work
517 releases · 70 albums · active 1957–2026
- Performance · 741
- Other credits · 119
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Century Sound Studios · Regent Sound Studios, New York City
Frequent collaborators
- Yusef Lateef
- Various
- George Adams
- Jimmy Forrest
- Roy Brooks
- The Piano Choir
- The Yusef Lateef Quintet
- Kenny Burrell