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Piers Lawrence

About Me


"STOLEN MOMENTS’ features the exceptional musicality of guitarist Piers Lawrence, bassist Jim Hankins, Sir Earl Grice on drums and Chuk Fowler on piano. Lawrence's soulful, melodic guitar playing and prolific song-writing makes this CD a masterful offering for anyone into straight-ahead jazz”.
-All About Jazz Magazine-
PIERS LAWRENCE a soulful, melodic guitarist, and prolific songwriter was born in Manhattan, raised in San Francisco, and Geneva, Switzerland,where he studied Guitar and Composition at the Conservatoire de Musique de Lausanne.


Upon his return to New York, he joined the world-renowned, Harlem-based, Jazz-Mobile Orchestra Big Band while he continued his studies with jazz greats Barry Galbraith and Ted Dunbar. Soon he was playing Broadway shows including 'Guys and Dolls', 'Dancin', and 'Your Arms Too Short to Box With God' and touring and recording with Wilson Picket, The Main Ingredient, Ester Phillips, Phyilis Hyman, and Merl Saunders.


He produces and hosts "Manhattan Jazz" on www.TribecaRadio.net. His record label, JazzNet Media produces independent projects such as "Stolen Moments" by the Piers Lawrence Quartet which features three original tunes, 'Samba Christina', 'Everytime' and 'Dimanche'.


As Pianist CHUK FOWLER puts it, "I had the great good fortune to be born and raised in Haaarlem", by which he means, 119th Street during the end of the Harlem Renaissance. His early influences include Nat "King" Cole, Hampton Hawes, and Miles Davis and after studying with Sir Roland Hanna and Sonny Stitt's father, Edward Boatner, he has gone on to play with Kenny Durham, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins and Harry "Sweets" Edison.

 

JIM HANKINS, comes to us from Detroit, MI, where he grew up in a jazz musician-rich neighborhood that was home to icons such as Barry Harris, Charles McPherson, Donald Byrd and Kenny Burrell. Jim has worked with jazz greats such as Sonny Stitt, Lou Rawls, Wes Montgomery, Donald Byrd and Betty Carter.


Clyde Alford - Drums



My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/02/2008
Band Website: www.pierslawrence.com
Band Members: Live at Sugar Bar 7-19-08
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Influences: Grant Green, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Coltrane, Sting, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans, Wynton Marsalis,
Sounds Like: Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, George Benson, Stanley Jordan, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, Pat Metheny, Nat "King" Cole, Miles Davis, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Stitt, Lou Rawls, Stevie Wonder, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Coltrane, Sting, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans,
Record Label: Jazznet Media, Inc.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

P.L.Q. Bryant Park Jazz Fest

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P.L.Q. Bryant Park Jazz Fest

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P.L.Q. Bryant Park Jazz Fest

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P.L.Q. Bryant Park Jazz Fest

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Posted by on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:25:00 GMT

Piers Lawrence Quartet @ The KITANO Jazz Lounge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5fJEa5Oog We had the best night at the Kitano, the room is just right for the Quartet, we had a full house and great people! Check it out , Celeste Holm, wit...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:06:00 GMT

Good night to all

Great rehearsal , long day, dinner in the hood, Christina's still working on her computer and I'm just about to strike this set for the night! Great review today in All About Jazz Mag and a feature in...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:52:00 GMT

PLQ live @ KITANO Thurs. July 3rd

A beautiful Room- The Kitano is an elegant Japanese Restaurant & Lounge w/ a great Piano, clean sight lines and superior acoustics; we're very up about this gig...I've wanted to play the Kitano since ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:56:00 GMT

Our CD, STOLEN MOMENTS reaches 17 on Jazz Radio Charts

We've been on for 12 weeks and recieved great response from all over the Country!I'll be doing a live interview w/ Chella on WSHA in Raleigh, NC on Fri morning June 6th @ 8:15am. Hope you can check it...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

SUGAR BAR TONIGHT

Let's Celebrate some Birthdays Tonight!!Hope to see you at The Sugar Bar tonight - all night!254 West 72nd St. (btwn Broadway & West End) NYC
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Barnes & Noble last night

it was our first official CD release event, a "meet & greet" at Barnes & Noble's huge store at Lincoln Center... we played a short set and then we sat at a table and signed whatever was presented... ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:35:00 GMT