Dan Gould Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Most enjoyable and recommended piano trio recordings from Storyville, by folks not afforded too many opportunities to lead record dates: Hugh Lawson and Richard Wyands. Two disc set is about $16 on Amazon right now, and there are several unissued tracks/alternates. Edited April 19, 2021 by Dan Gould Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 I've especially always enjoyed Lawson. Ronnie Mathews and Joe Bonner would also make my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 I have this CD which Wyands is on and he performs really well: For Lawson, I have his playing on Doug Watkins' Soulnik This is all I have of them in my collection. Will seek out more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) I have oblique connections to both these guys. I studied keyboard harmony with Hugh back in the late '70s; Wyands I always admired and I first booked him into the West End Cafe around the same time. Nobody was calling him so I just looked him up in the book. Nice guy, dry sense of humor. Hugh was a unique and blunt personality, and boy could he play the shit out of the piano. Edited April 19, 2021 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Dan Gould said: Most enjoyable and recommended piano trio recordings from Storyville, by folks not afforded too many opportunities to lead record dates: Hugh Lawson and Richard Wyands. Two disc set is about $16 on Amazon right now, and there are several unissued tracks/alternates. Thanks for the heads up. This Lawson session in 1977 ("Prime Time") was his long overdue debut as a leader. He only made three recordings as a leader. The other two are "Colour" (Soul Note) from 1983 and "Casablanca" (Somethin' Else) from 1989. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 Hugh Lawson is another in that long line of Detroit jazz piano players. I saw him live many times with Yusef Lateef back many decades ago when I was living in Detroit. I recall seeing Richard Wyands with the Jimmy Cobb group at a Summer jazz party a number of years ago. Both Hugh and Richard were damn fine jazz players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 The Richard Wyands was originally issued on Jazzcraft. It's been out before on CD, on Storyville. I have this: The 1998 issue has the same 9 tracks that are on the new issue. There's no additional Wyands on the recent Wyands/Lawson set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 5 hours ago, jazztrain said: The Richard Wyands was originally issued on Jazzcraft. It's been out before on CD, on Storyville. I have this: The 1998 issue has the same 9 tracks that are on the new issue. There's no additional Wyands on the recent Wyands/Lawson set. That's a good one .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Richard Wyands, native of Oakland, back at Keysone Korner in San Francisco, an Oakland suburb. Photo features back of my head. (Thanks to person who posted on Twitter.) https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/1337280360699359232 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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