Sam Lazar
Organist Sam Lazar from St. Louis is a mysterious figure about whom not very much is known. His (very small) fame among jazz fans is based on the fact that guitarist Grant Green's first recordings were done in groups led by Lazar.
Lazar, who was born around 1933, vanished from the scene at sometime in the early sixties and nobody seems to really know what became of him (and I am 99 percent sure that the – unsourced – stories about his later life in Lazar's Wikipedia entry are bogus (so I do not link to that entry) – or are they?
Anyway, since I think it's worth to listen to Lazar also if Green is not part of the proceedings, I decided to make an illustrated discography of Sam Lazar's recorded works. Some of the entrys are linked to audio files or youtube videos – just in case you want to lsiten to Lazar while studying him.
Enjoy!
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