The World's Greatest Jazzband - Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart

Big Noise From Winnetka

The World's Greatest Jazzband 

Of Yank Lawson And Bob Haggart

The Brightest, Freshest Sound In Music!

Project 3 - Total Sound Stereo PR/5033SD

1969

Personnel:

Yank Lawson - One of the original members of the Bob Cosby band; later with Tommy Dorsey; joint leader with Bob Haggart of the Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band

Billy Butterfield - Another Bob Crosby star, also with Artie Shaw (remember his solo on "Star Dust"?) and Benny Goodman

Lou McGarity - Featured with Benny Goodman in the Forties; later with Raymond Scott and Eddie Condon.

Carl Fontana - Played with Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Lionel Hampton and Kai Winding's trombone group. One of the great contemporary trombone stylists.

Clarinet and Soprano Saxophone

Bob Wilber - A protege of Sidney Bechet; one of the Scarsdale High School Gang; later with Bobby Hackett, Eddie Condon and Benny Goodman.

Tenor Saxophone

Bud Freeman - One of the pioneer jazz stylist on tenor saxophone; a charter member of the Chicago school of jazz; featured with Ray Noble, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman; led his own Summa Cum Laude Jazz Band.

Piano

Ralph Sutton - Greatest contemporary exponent of the stride style of Fats Waller and James P. Johnson.

Banjo and Vocals

Clancy Hayes - A veteran vaudeville star who has been featured with Bunk Johnson, Lu Watters and Bob Scooby.

Bass

Bob Haggart - Key member of Bob Crosby's band, arranger and composer of "South Rampart Street Parade" and "What's New?", co-leader with Yank Lawson of the Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band.

Drums

Morey Feld - One of the great, driving, big band drummers' with Benny Goodman, Ben Pollack, Billy Butterfield, Bobby Hackett.

Sunny

Panama

Baby, Won't You Please Come Home

Up, Up & Away

Ode To Billy Joe

Honky Tonk Train

A Taste Of Honey

Limehouse Blues

Big Noise From Winnetka

This Is All I Ask

Mrs. Robinson

Bugle Call Rag