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Harry Lawson, whose nickname in the best band heydays from the ’30s and ’40s was “Big Jim,” celebrated his 99th birthday in 2003. Maybe his longevity could be attributed to quitting playing trumpet, which he was pressured to accomplish in the past due ’50s because of issues with his tooth. …

Tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Harry Lawson appears on many recordings from your ’30s and ’40s, burning a number of the best singers including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan. Lawson was an associate of Ray Noble’s orchestra, presented on the favorite radio present of comic ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. The …