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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
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Lenny Hambro
Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
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Phil Seamen
Phil Seamen
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Ted Heath
Ted Heath
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Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
American musician, bandleader, and impresario
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Peter Matz
Peter Matz
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Miljenko Prohaska
Miljenko Prohaska
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
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Johnny Green
Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Nick Travis
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
musical artist
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Robert Farnon
Robert Farnon
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Sonny Russo
Sonny Russo
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Tommy Whittle
Tommy Whittle
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Red Rodney
Red Rodney
American musician
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David Rose
David Rose
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Nathaniel Shilkret
Nathaniel Shilkret
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Billy May
Billy May
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Norman Leyden
Norman Leyden
American conductor
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Bob Curnow
Bob Curnow
musician
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Dee Barton
Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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Jack Costanzo
Jack Costanzo
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
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Stan Levey
Stan Levey
American musician
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Claude Thornhill
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
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Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
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Russell Garcia
Russell Garcia
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Mercer Ellington
Mercer Ellington
American musician
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Paul Weston
Paul Weston
American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Spike Jones
Spike Jones
American musician and band leader (1911-1965)
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Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist (1924-1994)
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Alec Wilder
Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
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Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
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Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Sid Feller
Sid Feller
American musician
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Brew Moore
Brew Moore
American musician
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse
American composer and lyricist
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Eddie Duran
Eddie Duran
American jazz guitarist
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Bill Potts
Bill Potts
American musician
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Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola
guitarist (1918-2004)
Elliot Lawrence
American musician

Elliot Lawrence

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American musician
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Awards Received
Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director
Nominated For
Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director

Elliot Lawrence (born Elliott Lawrence Broza, February 14, 1925) is an American jazz pianist and bandleader.

Son of the broadcaster Stan Lee Broza, Lawrence led his first dance band at age 20, but he played swing at the time its heyday was coming to a close. He recorded copiously as a bandleader for Columbia, Decca, King, Fantasy, Vik, and SESAC between 1946 and 1960. Lawrence is currently music director for the Tony awards show.