Azar Lawrence
- Type: Influential Sideman
- Country: United States
- Born: 3 November 1952, Los Angeles, United States
- Active: 1972鈥損resent
Biography
Azar Lawrence is a Los Angeles born tenor and soprano saxophonist whose career began in *Horace Tapscott*'s Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra before sideman work with *Elvin Jones*, *McCoy Tyner*, *Miles Davis*, *Freddie Hubbard* and *Woody Shaw*. As a leader he recorded 'Bridge into the New Age', 'Summer Solstice' and 'People Moving' for #Prestige Records# in the mid 1970s, blending spiritual jazz, Brazilian rhythm and funk. After decades moving between jazz and popular music, he resumed regular leader albums in the 2000s.
Azar Lawrence Discography
- Bridge Into the New Age (1974) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Summer Solstice (1975) - Album - rated 3.6/5