Jason often plays with Chris Buckridge, Rob Collier, Tucker Rountree, Anthony LaMarca, Pascal Balthrop, Lauren Balthrop, Rafal Sarnecki, Josh Kaufman, Caithlin De Marrais, John Whitaker, Natasha Alexandra, Theo Regan, Geof Loomis, and lots of other great musicians.
Personnel on "The Ritz":
Jason-drums, composition
Cameron Holt-tenor sax
Rafal Sarnecki-guitar
Tucker Yaro-bass
"Pitseleh" (song by Elliot Smith; arr. by Lelah Simon):
Jason-drums
Lelah Simon-bass
Jay Vilnai - guitar
Dana Behr-voice.
"Message to the Birthday Boy":
Jason-drums
John Whitaker-voice, guitar
Matt Brewington-bass
Matt Hendricks-guitar.
"Plus or Minus":
Jason-drums, composition
Lelah Simon-bass
Chris Kuklis-guitar
Fabian Ortiz-piano
Loren Leventer-violin
Influences
Brian Blade, Philly Joe Jones, Glenn Kotche, Carl Allen, Larry Levis, Radiohead, U2, Tony Williams, Rob Collier, Wayne Shorter, Chet Baker, Elvin Jones, Jason Tiemann, Anthony LaMarca, Lara Meyerratken, Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Bela Bartok, Kurt Vonnegut, Roy Haynes, Danny Flanigan, Ari Hoenig, John Whitaker, S. Craig Jackson, Natasha Alexandra, and so many people I'm a little embarrassed that I even started trying to list them.
Louisville, Kentucky native Jason Lawrence is a drummer with degrees in jazz performance from the New School in Manhattan, and Economics from Washington University in Saint Louis. He has played in such bands as Let Sleepers Lie, Speak Low, The Middle Men, Fire the Saddle, Riddle of Steel and the Caledonia Mission. He has studied music at Washington University, Bellarmine University in Louisville, The University of Louisville, and The New School in Manhattan, New York. He has studied jazz with such greats as Carl Allen, Ari Hoenig, Chico Hamilton, Buster Williams, Reggie Workman, Billy Harper, Charli Persip, Rory Stuart, Ben Street, Francesca Tanksley, Jason Tiemann, and Todd Hildreth. He moved to New York in 2005 to finish his jazz studies at the New School, from which he graduated in 2007. He is currently a member of El May, Balthrop Alabama, The Ne'er Do Evers, the Outside/In Trio, and he performs and records with Tucker Rountree, John Whitaker, A Century of Aeroplanes, Our Man Jenga, The Caledonia Mission and more. He has also recently performed with such established New York acts as Dawn Landes, Lady Rizo and the Assettes, NLX:Natasha Alexandra, The Kelsey Jillette Group, and Emiko. In 2007, he made his New York theater debut with a four week stint at the Flea Theatre drumming and acting in Julian Sheppard's play Los Angeles, directed by Adam Rapp. He has performed with Moby a couple of times recently, including a short set as the last act to perform at Mo Pitkin's closing party in the lower east side of Manhattan. In February and March of 2008, Jason toured Australia for 5 weeks with El May, where the band opened for such artists as Feist, Explosions in the Sky, and the Brunettes. He has recorded drums on several tracks for forthcoming albums by both El May and Caithlin De Marrais. Jason is currently playing and working in NYC, while writing music for an upcoming project under the name In the Avenues.
SAT DEC 20 THE STUDIO @ WEBSTER HALL 125 E. 11th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues NEW YORK, NY DOORS @ 7:00. 3 HOUR REVUE 7:30PM-10:30PM - DON'T BE LATE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE MAKE IT NICE AROUND THE TREE.
Hope all is well with you. Thought I'd drop by and let you know I have recently uploaded a new acoustic demo called Scream And Shout. Hope you like it. Have a listen anyway, see what you think....
Yo Jasooooooooooooon! Thanks for adding me on myspace! How is your summer going? I'm still back in Warsaw. Cameron left my place on Saturday to ride a bike to Mongolia. He's in the south of Poland right now. That's pretty awesome, right? I'll see you as soon as I get back to NY.
"ART FUR ANIMALS" Cleveland Kennel’s 4th Annual Fundraiser (i will have one piece in it, and i will be there) Friday, May 23, 2008 Galleria at Erieview - Cleveland www. friendsofclevelandkennel. com 216.274.9480
