A Yank's Birthday Anniversary

Yank Lawson
American-born jazz trumpeter
(3 May 1911 - 18 February 1995)
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Yank Lawson
The World Greatest Jazz Band (1975)
- Rosalie (Porter)

Yank kick starts this Cole Porter tune featured in the 1937 film, 'Rosalie', with a muted trumpter. Then Peanuts picks up the melody with his licorice stick; Tommy Newsom's tenor sax joins in the jam. Slides right in there is George Mosso's trombone sole. And at the heart of the session beats Bob Haggart's bass line.

Members of The World Greatest Jazz Band (1975):
Yank Lawson & John Best, trumpets
Carl Fontana & George Mosso, trombones
Tommy Newsom, tensor sax
Peanuts Hucko, clarinet
Ralph Sutton, piano
Bob Haggart, bass
Gus Johnson, Jr., drums