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[25/1/2009]【爵士吉他】黑人吉他手Rohn Lawrence《See Ya Around》


【爵士吉他】黑人吉他手Rohn Lawrence 1998年专辑《See Ya Around》  （MP3 320K）
















Watch this space for Rohn's new album, "See Ya Around" (JZZ 20300-2)


Whether in the studio or on the stage, creating a feeling of joy is guitarist
Rohn Lawrence's ultimate goal.

"That was one of the things that impressed me when I first heard George Benson,"
Lawrence explains. "I liked what he was doing on guitar--the melodic sense of it--
but what really hit me was that he sounded like he was hing fun."

The list of other guitarists that he influenced Lawrence's style include Wes
Montgomery, Charlie Chrisitan and John Tropea. "I bought Tropea's Short Trip To
Space album when I was 14," he recalls, "because at the time I had a black Les
Paul (guitar) just like the one on the cover. Listening to that album had a profound
impact on my approach to the guitar and really influenced the way I play in a band."

A native of New Hen, Connecticut, Lawrence doesn't even remember the day he wasn't
playing guitar-- something he's been doing since the age of two-and-a-half. "My first
instrument was a plastic Mickey Mouse guitar," he admits, "on which my parents swear
I was playing real songs."

As a youngster, he cultivated his own concepts by listening to his musical heroes--
including non-guitarists such as Count Basie and Lionel Hampton. He played acoustic
guitar through elementary school, began building guitars before he turned nine, got
his first Stratocaster at age eleven, and switched to electric guitar exclusively when
he was about thir. "I like electric because you can control the volume and you just
he more to work with as far as sound is concerned."

Playing in New Hen Funk bands such as "Good News" and "The Lift" (which included
saxophonist Marion Meadows), Lawrence soon developed into a first-call axeman for
several of the most active players on the contemporary music scene. He has continued
to perform with Meadows, while also cultivating associations with other notables like
George Duke, Diane Reeves, Jonathan Butler, Alex Bug駉n, Freddie Jackson and Najee.

It was in Najee's band that Lawrence met "Bread" of the duo "Bread & Butter", who are
the producers on his Atlantic debut. Since arriving in Boston just over two years ago,
Lawrence has been performing regularly with "Bread & Butter", primarily at noted local
nightspot Wally's--immortalized on the tune titled "Waitin' On Wally".

While Lawrence has been leading bands on stage for years, Hangin' On A String was his
first studio session as a leader. "The main thing that concerned me about recording as
a leader," he confesses, "was keeping myself from being bored with my own playing."
Fortunately, Lawrence admits that he didn't get bored. "I was pretty comfortable with
it," he says. "There he been times that I hen't been comfortable with material I
was receiving for a record, but this time, everything just clicked."







                                                                                          01 Spend A Little Time
                                                                                          02 Brown Sugar
                                                                                          03 He You Ever Loved Somebody
                                                                                          04 It's All In You
                                                                                          05 A Woman Like You
                                                                                          06 Sweet Nadine
                                                                                          07 Keep Love Alive
                                                                                          08 Different Roads
                                                                                          09 See Ya Around
                                                                                          10 Home For My Heart
                                                                                          11 See You Around: (reprise)














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