Performances 2017
February 24 – 26
The Dakar Goree Jazz festival, In Dakar Senegal
March 1 – 5
Dizzys Jazz Club, King Fahids Palace Hotel Dakar Senegal
Azar Lawrence Quintet with Noland Shaheed trumpet ,Theo Saunders piano , Henry Frankin bass, Gerry Gibbs Drums
March 18
New Cultural Center Private Event Long beach ,CA
Azar Lawrence Quartet ,with Theo Saunders piano, Henry Franklin bass , Marvin Smith drums.
March 26
The Mame Clayton Museum, Los Angeles, CA
March 31 – April 2
Smoke Jazz club , 2751 Broadway,New York ,N.Y. 10025
Azar Lawrence Quintet with Azar Lawrence saxophones ,Eddie Henderson trumpet , Benito Gonzales piano, Essiet Essiet Bass, Brandon Lewis drums .
April 22
Pete Carlson’s Golf and Tennis- Jazz for Jazz Lovers, Palm Desert, CA
June 22 – 25
The Jazz Standard, Manhattan, NY
July 1-2
Blues Alley, Washington, DC
October 28
The Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Canada
Performances 2016
Friday, September 9
Azar Lawrence Quintet Friday – LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 6p Wilshire and Spaulding, Los Angeles, CA – Special Guests, Nolan Shaheed, tr; Theo Saunders, p, Alphonse Mouzon, b and Henry the “Skipper” Franklin, b (Free) lacma.org
Friday, September 23 Azar Lawrence – JOHN COLTRANE’S 90th Birthday – Saxophone Marathon – Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, September 24 Azar Lawrence and Al McLean with L’Orchestre National de Jazz de Montreal – L’ASTRAL, Montreal, Canada
Friday, October 7 – Sunday, October 9 Azar Lawrence Quintet, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY; Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes; Dr. Eddie Henderson, trumpet, Benito Gonzalez, piano, Essiet Okon Essiet, bass & Billy Hart, drums
Saturday, November 5 – 9pm Azar Lawrence’s Birthday Concert & Celebration, Roscoe’s Seabird Jazz Lounge, Long Beach, CA; Azar Lawrence: Ten & Sop Saxes, Mahesh Balasooriya: Piano, Edwin Livingston: Bass, Roy McCurdy: Drums
Past Performances 2016
August 13 Azar Lawrence Quartet LE DIZZY BAR ET JAZZ – Dakar, Senegal
August 11 Azar Lawrence Quartet – JUST FOR YOU JAZZ – Dakar, Senegal
August 7 Azar Lawrence Quartet – JUST FOR YOU JAZZ – Dakar, Senegal
August 6 Azar Lawrence Quartet – LE DIZZY BAR ET JAZZ – Dakar, Senegal
July 23 Azar Lawrence Quartet Seabird Jazz Lounge – Long Beach, Ca Featuring Eric Reeds, p; Roy McCurdy, dr & Edwin Livingston, Bass Germany
June 25 Azar Lawrence Quintet, Seabird Jazz Lounge – Long Beach, Ca – Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes; Mahesh Balasooriya, piano Michael Hunter, trumpet; Roy McCurdy, drums & Jeff Littleton, bass
June 2 – June 5 Azar Lawrence Quartet – Jazz Standard, New York, NY; Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes; Benito Gonzalez, piano; Essiet Okon Essiet, bass & Marvin “Smitty” Smith, drums
June 1 Azar Lawrence Quartet Blues Alley, Washington, DC – Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes; Benito Gonzalez, piano; Nat Reeves, bass & Marvin “Smitty” Smith, drums
May 15 Azar Lawrence Quartet -INNtone Jazzfestival, Diersbach Austria – Tribute to McCoy Tyner
April 30 Tribute to John Coltrane and Joe Henderson, 1st Congregational Church 105 Courtland St., NE Atlanta, GA.
Mar. 26 Azar Lawrence Quartet – Seabird Jazz Lounge, Long Beach, Ca 9p – Special Guest Bill Henderson, piano; (Pharaoh Sanders) Jeff Littleton, b & Roy Mc Curdy, d
Feb 27 Azar Lawrence Quintet – Seabird Jazz Lounge, Long Beach, Ca 9p – Special Guest Gilbert Castellanos, trumpet; (SDMA) 2013 Artist of the Year – Featuring Theo Saunders, p; Jeff Littleton, b & Cecil Brooks III, d
Feb 20 – PDX- Jazz Fest – Jimmy Maks Portland OR OLÉ COLTRANE: BOBBY TORRES ENSEMBLE – 7:30p & 9p Special Guest Azar Lawrence, sax Bobby Torres, perc
Feb 19 PDX- Jazz Fest – Jimmy Maks Portland OR – PUTTIN’ IT TOGETHER: A TRIBUTE TO ELVIN JONES – Azar Lawrence and Sonny Fortune (sax) 79 & 9:30p
Feb 5 – Feb 6 Dakar-Goree Jazz Festival Azar Lawrence Quartet 8p Dakar, Senegal – Essiet Okon Essiet b; Benito Gonzalez p; Azar Lawrence, sax; Drums TBA
Jan 30 Seabird Jazz Lounge, Long Bch, CA., 9p Azar Lawrence Quintet
Jan 7, 8 & 9, 2016
Club Bonafide
New York, NY
Azar Lawrence Quartet – Tribute to McCoy Tyner
clubbonafide.com
PAST 2015 Performances
December 26
Azar Lawrence Quintet
Seabird Jazz Lounge, Long Beach, Ca 9p
Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes – Special Guest Dwight Trible, vocals
Mahesh Balasooriya, piano; Jeff Littleton, bass
Marvin “Smitty” Smith, dr
November 6
Azar Lawrence: Love Supreme 50th Anniversary Band w/Jeff “Tain” Watts
Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Houston, Texas – 8p
October 10
Azar Lawrence Quartet
Seabird Jazz Lounge – Long Beach, Ca. 9p
September 26
Seabird Jazz Lounge – Long Beach, Ca, 9p
Azar Lawrence Quintet
September 25
Azar Lawrence Quartet
The Mint LA – 6010 W. Pico Blvd.., LA, Ca
September 5
Azar Lawrence Quintet
Seabird Jazz Lounge, Long Beach, Ca 9p
Special Guest Gilbert Castellanos
July 24, 25 & 26
Azar Lawrence Quartet
Heinken Jazzaldia – San Sebastian Jazz Fest
San Sebastian, Spain Benito Gonzalez, p; Essiet Okon Essiet, b & Brandon Lewis, dr
heinekenjazzaldia.com
July 23
Azar Lawrence Quartet
American Jazz Festiv’Halles (24th edition)
Sunset/Sunside – Paris, France, 9p Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes;Benito Gonzalez, p; Essiet Okon Essiet, b & Brandon Lewis, dr www.sunset-sunside.com
July 22
Azar Lawrence Quartet
American Jazz Festiv’Halles (24th edition)
Sunset/Sunside – Paris, France, 9p
Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes
Benito Gonzalez, p; Essiet Okon Essiet, b
& Brandon Lewis, dr
www.sunset-sunside.com
July 21
Azar Lawrence Quartet
The Monk Project – Jimmy Owens Festival Jazz à Foix, Foix France, 9:30p Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes; Jimmy Owens, trumpet; Benito Gonzalez, p; Essiet Okon Essiet, b & Brandon Lewis, dr jazzfoix.com
July 16 – Sunday, July 19
Azar Lawrence Quintet
Jazz Standard, New York, Ny
Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes
Steve Turre, tromb; Benito Gonzalez, p
Essiet Okon Essiet, b & Johnathan Blake, dr
July 11
North Sea Jazz Festival, 9:15p
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes
Benito Gonzalez, p; Essiet Okon Essiet, b
& Billy Hart, dr
May 30
Azar Lawrence Quintet
Venice Spring Fling – Venice, Ca, 1:30p
Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxe
Noland Shaheed, trump; Theo Saunders, p;
Henry Franklin, b & Marvin “Smitty” Smith, d
May 30
Azar Lawrence Sextet
Seabird Jazz Lounge – Long Beach, Ca, 9p
Azar Lawrence, ten & sop saxes;
George Bohanon, trom; Oscar Brashear, trum;
Theo Saunders, p; Jeff Littleton, b
& Roy McCurdy, dr
May 16
Azar Lawrence Quartet
Daly Jazz – Missoula, MT
Azar Lawrence, t & s saxes Featuring Benito Gonzalez, p
May 15
Azar Lawrence Quartet
Daly Jazz – Missoula, MT
Azar Lawrence, t & s saxes Featuring Benito Gonzalez, p
May 14
Azar Lawrence Quartet
Cikan’s – Bozeman, MT
Azar Lawrence, t & s saxes Featuring Benito Gonzalez
April 30
Azar Lawrence Quartet
International Jazz Day Cityscape – Phoenix, Arizona
April 29
Azar Lawrence & Nicholas Payton Special Guest Nayo Jones
(ASU) Arizona State University Kerr Cultural Center – Scottsdale, Arizona
April 25
Azar Lawrence Sextet
Seabird Jazz Lounge – Long Beach, Ca
March 28
Azar Lawrence Quartet
Reunion & Tribute to McCoy Tyner
Seabird Jazz Lounge – Long Beach, Ca
Special Guest Juini Booth
March 7
Upstairs Jazz Bar
Montreal, Canada
February 27
The Mint
Los Angeles, CA
February 7
Azar Lawrence with Charles Julian
Expo Arts Center
Long Beach, CA
February 6
Azar Lawrence with Charles Julian
Expo Arts Center
Long Beach, CA
