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Performance Dates

2025

2025

2025

 

Jan 29- Feb 2, 2025 

Smoke Jazz Club, NYC, NY


Feb 7 & 8, 2025 

Jimmy's Portsmouth, NJ

 

📍 March 20-21, 2025 – Church of Sound | London, England 🟤 The Cookers


📍 March 22, 2025 – Bergamo Jazz Festival | Bergamo, Italy 🟤 The Cookers


📍 March 31, 2025 – Afro Bowie @ The Teragram Ballroom | Los Angeles, CA 🔵 The Azar Lawrence Experience


📍 April 5, 2025 – Ontario Jazz Festival | Markham, Ontario 🟤 The Cookers


📍 April 10, 2025 – NIZO Jazz Club | Hamburg, Germany 🟣 McCoy Tyner Legends Band


📍 April 12, 2025 – Piacenza Jazz Club | Piacenza, Italy 🟣 McCoy Tyner Legends Band


📍 April 14, 2025 – Porgy & Bess Jazz Club | Vienna, Austria 🟣 McCoy Tyner Legends Band


📍 April 15, 2025 – Blue Note | Milan, Italy 🟣 McCoy Tyner Legends Band


📍 April 26, 2025 – Waynesboro, PA 🟤 The Cookers


📍 April 27, 2025 – Philadelphia, PA 🟤 The Cookers


📍 May 15-17, 2025 – Keystone Korner | Baltimore, MD 🟤 The Cookers


📍 June 27, 2025 – COLA Award Grand Performance | Los Angeles, CA 🔵 The Azar Lawrence Experience


📍 July 4, 2025 – Europe 🟤 The Cookers


📍 October 26, 2025 – Jazz Jamboree | Warsaw, Poland 🟤 The Cookers


📍 November 13-16, 2025 – Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY 🔵 The Azar Lawrence Experience



2024

2025

2025

January 26, 2024

The Mint LA

 Los Angeles, CA


February 17, 2024

South Hampton Art Center 

South Hampton, NY


February 20,2024

Jam Session

South Hampton, NY


Feb 22-25 2024 

Jazz at Lincoln Center

New York, NY


March 21,2024

Blues Alley Jazz Club

Washington, DC


March 22, 2024

SolarMyth

Philadelphia, PA

  
March 23, 2024

Salute to Pharoah Sanders

Pittsburg, PA


June 19, 2024

Yoshi's Oakland, CA


June 20, 2024

Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Santa Cruz, CA   


Sept 22, 2024

Americana in the Park

Santa Monica, CA


Oct 5, 2024

The Grape

Ventura, CA

2023

2025

2023

January 1, 2023

New Years's Eve at Rosco's

Long Beach, CA  


Feb 28, 2023

Yoshi's

Oakland, CA


March , 2023

Corazon Performing Arts

Topanga Canyon, CA


April 1, 2023

The Grape

Ventura, CA


April 29, 2023

Scottsdale Jazz Festival

Scottsdale, AZ


May 23, 2023

The Mint - People Moving

Los Angeles, CA


June 23, 2023

Healdsburg Jazz Festival

Healdsburg, CA


July 2, 2023

 52nd annual International African Arts Festival 

Brooklyn, NY


July 7, 2023

LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum

Los Angeles, CA


September 23, 2023

9 Saxophone salute to John Coltrane

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, CA


September 24, 2022

Monterey Jazz Festival

Monterey, CA

   

 October 13, 2023

Azar salute to Pharoah

The Miracle Theater

Inglewood, CA


October 14, 2023

The Grape

Ventura, CA


Nov 4, 2023

Roscoe's Jazz Lounge


Nov 18, 2023

Roscoe's Jazz Lounge


Dec 9, 2023

Roscoe's Jazz Lounge



2022

2021-2020

2023

February 4, 2022

New Sky Release Event  


March 3rd - 6th, 2022

Lincoln Centers Dizzy’s Club 

New York, NY


June 3rd - 5th, 2022 

Blues Alley

 Washington, D.C.


June 8, 2022

Wold Cafe Live

Philadelphia, PA


June 25, 2022

Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival

Los Angeles, CA


July 31, 2022

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Half Moon Bay, CA


August 15-21, 2022

Jazzfest Passau

Passau, Germany


September 23, 2022

Corazon Performing Arts

Topanga Canyon, CA


September 24, 2022

The Penthouse 

Venice Beach, CA


October 15, 2022

Roscoe's Jazz Lounge 

Long Beach, CA

2021-2020

2021-2020

2021-2020

November 5, 2021

Corazon Performing Arts - Topanga, CA


December 5, 2021

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA 


March 1, 2021

Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, CA


March 8, 2021 -  Oakland, CA


March 30 - April 4, 2020

Operation Push - Healdsburg, CA


April 25, 2020

Donald Byrd Celebration - Chicago, IL


June 4, 2020 (Cancelled Covid-19) Healdsburg Jazz Festival 

Healdsburg, CA


June 7, 2020 (Cancelled Covid-19)

 Playboy Jazz Festival - Los Angeles, CA


June 19, 2020 (Cancelled Covid-19) Philadelphia, PA


June 24-25, 2020

 (Cancelled Covid-19)

Blues Alley - Washington, DC


June 26-27, 2020

 (Cancelled Covid-19)

Keystone Korner - Baltimore, MD

2019

2021-2020

2021-2020

 January 27, 2019

 Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society - Half Moon Bay, CA


January 28, 2019

Yoshi's Jazz Club - Oakland, CA


February 23, 2019

Roscoe's Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


March 1 - 3, 2019

Jazz at Lincoln Center - New York, NY


April 3 -6, 2019

Healdsburg Master Classes & Concert - Healdsburg, CA


April 20, 2019

he Mint - Los Angeles, CA


April 28, 2019

International Jazz Day Event Donald Byrd Celebration 

Inglewood, CA


May 12, 2019

San Pedro Music Festival

San Pedro, CA


May 19, 2019

The Lincoln (Private Event)

Venice Beach, CA


June 9, 2019

Inntoene Jazz Festival 

Diersbach, Austria

(This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in Partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)

June 10, 2019 - South Austria


June 11, 2019

Munich Unterfahrt - Munich, Germany


June 12, 2019

Porgy & Bess - Vienna, Austria


June 14 - 16, 2019

Blues Alley - Washington, D.C.


June 17, 2019

Keystone Korner - Baltimore, MD


August 15 - 18, 2019

The Jazz Standard - New York, NY


October 21, 2019

Eloise Westbrook Day 

San Francisco, CA


November 9, 2019 - Bolivia

2018

2017-2016

2017-2016

February 2 - 4, 2018

 Dizzy's/ Lincoln Center - New York, NY


March 1, 2018 

Gold Diggers "Elementals" Release Party - Los Angeles, CA


March 31, 2018 

Roscoe's Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


April 16 - 21, 2018 

Healdsburg Master Classes & Concert - Healdsburg, CA


April 28, 2018

Scullers Jazz Club - Boston, MA


May 18 - 20, 2018 

Blues Alley - Washington, D.C.


June 9, 2018 

Healdsburg Jazz Festival - Healdsburg, CA


June 16, 2018 

Corazon Performing Arts - Topanga, CA


July 22, 2018 

Hartford Jazz Festival - Hartford, CT


August 10 - 12, 2018 

Idyllwild Jazz Festival (12th) - Idyllwild, CA



September 27 - 30

Joy of Jazz Festival - Johannesburg, South Africa


October 5, 2018

Angel City Jazz Festival - Los Angeles, CA


November 3, 2018

Rock The Vote Zebulon - Los Angeles, CA


November 7, 2018 

Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Final Tour - Special Guest: Azar Lawrence Grammy Museum - Los Angeles, CA


November 30, 2018 

Azar with Sweet Honey In The Rock Royce Hall - UCLA Los Angeles, CA

2017-2016

2017-2016

2017-2016

June 22-25, 2017 

Jazz Standard - New York, NY


July 7, 2017 

Kuumbwa Jazz Center - Santa Cruz, CA


October 24, 2017 

Jazz Standard - New York, NY


November 12, 2017 

Zebulon Café - Los Angeles, CA


Nov 28 - Dec 6, 2017 

Ivory Coast Africa Tour & Recording Session 

 

January 7- 9, 2016 

Club Bonafide - New York, NY


January 30, 2016 

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


February 19 - 20, 2016 

Jimmy Mak's - Portland, OR


February 26 - 27, 2016 

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


April 30, 2016 

1st Congregational Church - Atlanta, GA


June 1, 2016 

Blues Alley - Washington, DC


June 2 - 5, 2016 

Jazz Standard - New York, NY


June 25, 2016 

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


July 23, 2016 

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


September 24, 2016

L'astral - Montreal, Canada


October 1, 2016

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


October 7 - 9, 2016

Jazz at Lincoln Center - New York, NY 


 



 

2015

2017-2016

2015

 February 6-7, 2015 

Expo Arts Center - Long Beach, CA


February 27, 2015 

The Mint - Los Angeles, CA


March 7, 2015

Upstairs Jazz Bar - Montreal, Canada


March 28, 2015 

Azar Lawrence Quartet - Reunion & Tribute to McCoy Tyner


April 25, 2015 

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


April 29, 2015 

(ASU) Arizona State University Kerr Cultural Center - Scottsdale, AZ


April 30, 2015 

International Jazz Day- Cityscape - Phoenix, AZ


May 14, 2015 

Cikan's - Bozeman, Montana


May 15 - 16, 2015 

Daly Jazz - Missoula, Montana


May 30, 2015 

Venice Spring Fling - Venice, CA


May 30, 2015 

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


July 11, 2015 

North Sea Jazz Festival - Rotterdam, The Netherlands


July 16 - 19, 2015 

Jazz Standard - New York, NY


July 21, 2015 

The Monk Project - Jimmy Owens Festival Jazz à Foix - Foix France


July 22 - 23, 2015

American Jazz Festiv'Halles (24th edition) Sunset/Sunside - Paris, France


July 24 - 26, 2015

Heineken Jazzaldia - San Sebastian Jazz Fest - San Sebastian, Spain


September, 5, 2015

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


September 25, 2015 

The Mint LA - Los Angeles, CA


September 26, 2015 

Seabird Jazz Lounge - Long Beach, CA


November 6, 2015

Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center - Houston, TX 

Legendary Saxophonist Azar Lawrence plays at the Leimert Park Jazz Festival 2021.

Legendary Saxophonist Azar Lawrence plays at the Leimert Park Jazz Festival 2021 

#theazarlawrenceexperience keeping it hot at @corazontopanga

 #theazarlawrenceexperience keeping it hot at @corazontopanga in 2018 

Long-time friends meet up at Leimert Park Jazz Festival. (L to R) Kamai Daood, Azar Lawrence, and Tootie Heath.

Azar Lawrence and the band were "off the hook" above Venice on Saturday night!

Michael Hunter(trumpet, fl), Robert Turner(piano), Sekou Bunch(bass) & Tony Austin(drums)

Live Performance of Novo Ano at The Zebulon Cafe 2018

Novo Ano performed by The Azar Lawrence Experience at The Zebulon Cafe 2018 Say something interesting about your business here.

Azar Lawrence On Using Arpeggios in Jazz

Saxophone master Azar Lawrence demonstrates how to use arpeggios for dramatic effect in Jazz performance and composition! 

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