Personnel:
Elliot Lawrence (p, arr), Burt Collins, Bernie Glow, Don Stratton, Stan Fishelson (tp), Eddie Bert, Bill Elton, Jim Dahl, Chauncey Welsh (tb), James Buffington (Frh), Gene Quill, Sam Marowitz (as), Al Cohn (ts, arr), Morty Lewis (ts), Charlie O'Kane, Sol Schlinger (bs), Russ Saunders (b), Sol Gubin (d)
Reference: FSCD 2003
Bar code: 8718011611925
If he had been born ten years earlier, Elliot Lawrence might have been one of the more significant bandleaders of the swing era. As it worked out, he was a bit of a prodigy, leading a strong dance band when he was only 20, but by then (1945), the swing era was ending. Lawrence did record steadily as a leader during 1946-1960 (for Columbia, Decca, King, Fantasy, Vik, and Sesac), sometimes using Gerry Mulligan arrangements, but he mostly worked in the studios.
