Azar performed with a sixteen piece band for famed Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke in February, 2009 at Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal. State Los Angeles. When Azar soloed Benny Maupin, whom he ...

Azar Lawrence, “The Seeker” (Sunnyside). We are, let’s face it, unlikely to ever again hear McCoy Tyner discs that have the power of his greatest discs from the ’70s and ’80s. This disc by Tyner’s ...

In music as in fashion, stick around long enough, and you might just come back into style. For jazz master Azar Lawrence, the tide has turned with propitious timing, providing him with new visibility ...

Franklin Kiermyer: drums; Azar Lawrence: saxophone; Benito Gonzalez: piano; Juini Booth: bass. This is all new music from a working band of acclaimed musicians who share the vision to go further.