Yank Lawson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yank Lawson

American musician

Date of Birth: 03-May-1911

Place of Birth: Trenton, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1995

Profession: trumpeter, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Rhea "Yank" Lawson (May 3, 1911, Trenton, Missouri – February 18, 1995, Indianapolis, Indiana) was a jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and swing music. Born John Lausen in 1911, from 1933 to 1935 he worked in Ben Pollack's orchestra and after that became a founding member of the Bob Crosby Orchestra.
He later worked with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, but also worked with Crosby again in 1941–42.
Later in the 1940s he became a studio musician leading his own Dixieland sessions.In the 1950s he and Bob Haggart created the Lawson-Haggart band and they worked together in 1968 to form the World's Greatest Jazz Band, a Dixieland group which performed for the next ten years.