Arnie Lawrence • You're Gonna Hear From Me

 

Biography by Jason Ankeny
Despite a prolific recording career as both a leader and as a sideman, alto saxophonist Arnie Lawrence made his most lasting contributions to jazz as an educator, founding the jazz program at New York City's New School University and later launching the Jerusalem-based International Center for Creative Music, a program that welcomed musicians of both Jewish and Arab descent. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on July 10, 1938, Lawrence first studied clarinet. By age 12, he was playing professionally in Catskills clubs, and at 17 he was performing as part of the "Jazz Unlimited" series presented by the landmark New York City club Birdland, once splitting a double bill with the immortal John Coltrane. As word of his soulful, fiery playing grew, Lawrence was invited to sit in with the likes of Charles Mingus, Thad Jones, Maynard Ferguson, and Duke Pearson, but he did not make his recorded debut until 1966, when he appeared on Chico Hamilton's LP The Dealer. In addition to a long tenure with Hamilton, in 1967 Lawrence joined NBC's The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as a featured soloist, a gig he would maintain until the program relocated to Los Angeles five years later.

After signing to the Project 3 label, in 1968 Lawrence issued his first headlining session, You're Gonna Hear from Me, soon followed by Look Toward a Dream, a collaboration with guitarist Larry Coryell. After releasing the 1970 Embryo label effort Inside an Hour Glass, which featured his experimental project Children of All Ages, Lawrence joined Willie Bobo's Latin Jazz Band, then in 1974 shocked purists by signing on with the jazz-rock combo Blood, Sweat & Tears. Further confounding critics, in 1978 he embarked on a 14-month world tour behind Liza Minnelli. Upon returning stateside, Lawrence formed a new group, the fusion-oriented Treasure Island, releasing an eponymous LP on Doctor Jazz in 1979. After 1981's Renewal, he again receded to the background, touring with both Louis Bellson's Big Band and Elvin Jones; he also composed a symphony, "Red, White and Blues," later premiered by the Williamsburg, VA, symphony orchestra in a performance that featured Lawrence alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Julius Hemphill as featured soloists.

Lawrence's teaching career began during the mid-'70s with artist-in-residence jobs in Kentucky and Kansas, and in 1986 he mothballed his recording and touring pursuits to create and co-found the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, an educational center pairing master musicians with young up-and-comers. The New School pioneered an idiosyncratic educational approach that replaced traditional classroom settings with the stages of Manhattan nightclubs. Over a decade, the list of Lawrence's students would grow to include Roy Hargrove, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, John Popper, Peter Bernstein, and Jay Rodriguez. In 1997 he relocated to Israel, establishing the International Center for Creative Music in a building offered by the Jerusalem Department of Culture. Lawrence welcomed students of both Jewish and Arab backgrounds, insisting he was simply bringing like-minded musicians together regardless of their origins. In the same spirit, he often played alongside Israeli and Palestinian musicians at the West Bank club the Flamingo, and also operated his own nightspot, Arnie's Jazz Underground. After a long bout with lung and liver cancer, Lawrence died in Jerusalem on April 22, 2005.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arnie-lawrence-mn0000929868#biography

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Biografía de Jason Ankeny
A pesar de una prolífica carrera discográfica como líder y como músico de acompañamiento, el saxofonista alto Arnie Lawrence hizo su contribución más duradera al jazz como educador, fundando el programa de jazz de la New School University de Nueva York y más tarde lanzando el International Center for Creative Music de Jerusalén, un programa que acogía a músicos de ascendencia judía y árabe. Nacido en Brooklyn, Nueva York, el 10 de julio de 1938, Lawrence estudió primero clarinete. A los 12 años ya tocaba profesionalmente en clubes de Catskills, y a los 17 formaba parte de la serie «Jazz Unlimited» presentada por el emblemático club neoyorquino Birdland, llegando a compartir cartel con el inmortal John Coltrane. A medida que se corría la voz de su forma de tocar, conmovedora y ardiente, Lawrence fue invitado a tocar con músicos de la talla de Charles Mingus, Thad Jones, Maynard Ferguson y Duke Pearson, pero no hizo su debut discográfico hasta 1966, cuando apareció en el LP de Chico Hamilton The Dealer. Además de una larga temporada con Hamilton, en 1967 Lawrence se incorporó como solista al programa de la NBC The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, una actuación que mantendría hasta que el programa se trasladó a Los Ángeles cinco años más tarde.

Tras fichar por el sello Project 3, en 1968 Lawrence publicó su primera sesión como cabeza de cartel, You're Gonna Hear from Me, a la que pronto siguió Look Toward a Dream, una colaboración con el guitarrista Larry Coryell. Después de publicar en 1970 Inside an Hour Glass, del sello Embryo, que incluía su proyecto experimental Children of All Ages, Lawrence se unió a la Willie Bobo's Latin Jazz Band, y en 1974 sorprendió a los puristas al fichar por el combo de jazz-rock Blood, Sweat & Tears. Para mayor confusión de los críticos, en 1978 se embarcó en una gira mundial de 14 meses con Liza Minnelli. A su regreso, Lawrence formó un nuevo grupo, Treasure Island, orientado a la fusión, y publicó un LP homónimo en Doctor Jazz en 1979. Después de Renewal, de 1981, volvió a quedar relegado a un segundo plano, realizando giras con la Big Band de Louis Bellson y Elvin Jones; también compuso una sinfonía, «Red, White and Blues», estrenada posteriormente por la orquesta sinfónica de Williamsburg, Virginia, en una actuación en la que Lawrence actuó junto a Dizzy Gillespie y Julius Hemphill como solistas.

La carrera docente de Lawrence comenzó a mediados de los años 70 con trabajos como artista residente en Kentucky y Kansas, y en 1986 abandonó sus actividades de grabación y giras para crear y cofundar la New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, un centro educativo que emparejaba a maestros de la música con jóvenes promesas. La New School fue pionera en un enfoque educativo idiosincrásico que sustituyó las aulas tradicionales por los escenarios de los clubes nocturnos de Manhattan. Durante una década, la lista de alumnos de Lawrence creció hasta incluir a Roy Hargrove, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, John Popper, Peter Bernstein y Jay Rodriguez. En 1997 se trasladó a Israel, estableciendo el Centro Internacional de Música Creativa en un edificio cedido por el Departamento de Cultura de Jerusalén. Lawrence acogió a estudiantes tanto judíos como árabes, insistiendo en que simplemente estaba reuniendo a músicos con ideas afines, independientemente de sus orígenes. Con el mismo espíritu, tocaba a menudo con músicos israelíes y palestinos en el club Flamingo, en Cisjordania, y también regentaba su propio local nocturno, Arnie's Jazz Underground. Tras una larga lucha contra un cáncer de pulmón e hígado, Lawrence murió en Jerusalén el 22 de abril de 2005.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arnie-lawrence-mn0000929868#biography

Tracks:
A1 - Be My Love - 2:05
A2 - Eleanor Rigby - 2:30
A3 - When I Look In Your Eyes - 2:34
A4 - Swingin' From The Trees - 2:35
A5 - A Felicidade - 2:52
A6 - Like Someone In Love - 2:32
B1 - You're Gonna Hear From Me - 2:30
B2 - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - 2:34
B3 - But Beautiful - 2:44
B4 - Slippin', Slidin', High Fly Ridin' - 2:38
B5 - Goin' Out Of My Head - 2:30
B6 - Summer Wind - 2:06


Credits:
    Arranged By – Dick Hyman (tracks: A2, B4), Lew Davies (tracks: A1, A3 to B3, B5, B6)
    Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Julie Klages
    Cover – Charles E. Murphy
    Presenter, Concept By [Originated By], Producer – Enoch Light
    Saxophone – Arnie Lawrence

Label:    Project 3 Total Sound – PR5011SD, Project 3 Total Sound – PR 5011-SD
Country:    US
Released:    1966
Genre:    Jazz, Pop
Style:    Easy Listening, Soul-Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/4215790-Arnie-Lawrence-Youre-Gonna-Hear-From-Me

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