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Influences
Grant Green, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Coltrane, Sting, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans, Wynton Marsalis,
Sounds Like
Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, George Benson, Stanley Jordan, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, Pat Metheny, Nat "King" Cole, Miles Davis, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Stitt, Lou Rawls, Stevie Wonder, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Coltrane, Sting, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans,
"STOLEN MOMENTS’ features the exceptional musicality of guitarist
Piers Lawrence, bassist Jim Hankins, Sir Earl Grice on drums and
Chuk Fowler on piano. Lawrence's soulful, melodic guitar playing and prolific song-writing makes this CD a masterful offering for anyone into
straight-ahead jazz”.
-All About Jazz Magazine-
PIERS LAWRENCE a soulful, melodic guitarist, and prolific songwriter was born in Manhattan, raised in San Francisco, and Geneva, Switzerland,where he studied Guitar and Composition at the Conservatoire de Musique de Lausanne.
Upon his return to New York, he joined the world-renowned, Harlem-based, Jazz-Mobile Orchestra Big Band while he continued his studies with jazz greats Barry Galbraith and Ted Dunbar. Soon he was playing Broadway shows including 'Guys and Dolls', 'Dancin', and 'Your Arms Too Short to Box With God' and touring and recording with Wilson Picket, The Main Ingredient, Ester Phillips, Phyilis Hyman, and Merl Saunders.
He produces and hosts "Manhattan Jazz" on www.TribecaRadio.net. His record label, JazzNet Media produces independent projects such as "Stolen Moments" by the Piers Lawrence Quartet which features three original tunes, 'Samba Christina', 'Everytime' and 'Dimanche'.
As Pianist CHUK FOWLER puts it, "I had the great good fortune to be born and raised in Haaarlem", by which he means, 119th Street during the end of the Harlem Renaissance. His early influences include Nat "King" Cole, Hampton Hawes, and Miles Davis and after studying with Sir Roland Hanna and Sonny Stitt's father, Edward Boatner, he has gone on to play with Kenny Durham, Hank Mobley, Billy Higgins and Harry "Sweets" Edison.
JIM HANKINS, comes to us from Detroit, MI, where he grew up in a jazz musician-rich neighborhood that was home to icons such as Barry Harris, Charles McPherson, Donald Byrd and Kenny Burrell. Jim has worked with jazz greats such as Sonny Stitt, Lou Rawls, Wes Montgomery, Donald Byrd and Betty Carter.
SIR EARL GRICE started on the drums at the advanced age of four, playing for his parents gospel choir in Newark, New Jersey. His early influences include Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, "Papa" Jo Jones and his all time favorite musician is John Coltrane with Elvin Jones. Earl also has impressive credits as an actor, he's appeared in over forty films and television productions starting with a Bronx Tale in 1992.
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