Hugh Lawson

Among the many talented Detroit pianists from the 1950s (although among the lesser-known players), the Bud Powell-inspired Hugh Lawson initial gained reputation for his use Yusef Lateef through the past due ’50s. He documented with Harry “Sweets” Edison (1962), Roy Brooks, and Lateef on many events in the 1960s. In 1972, he was using the Piano Choir (an organization with seven pianists). Lawson continued trips with Charles Mingus in 1975 and 1977 and produced recordings with Charlie Rouse (1977), George Adams, so when a innovator for Storyville and Spirit Note.