LHQuartet Midwest Spring Tour
I'm happy to announce a spring "barnstorming" tour with my NY-based trio (Jared Schonig on drums; Matthew Rybicki on bass). We'll be at the Green Mill March 30-31 with the virtuosic, dashing and excellent John Wojciechowski on tenor sax. 

We'll then be joined for the rest of the tour by the AMAZING Ernie Watts with shows in Urbana (IL), St. Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis and Cleveland. More to come . . .
2012-03-07


Carlos Compean comments (2012-03-11):

Hi Laurence, I met you a couple of year ago over by your place, and had a chance to visit. You may remember me...I am friend of Michael and Peters, your landlords, and I was visiting from Houston.
Hope all is well.

 comments (2012-04-05):

Hey Laurence, cannot tell you how lucky I feel to have been able to see you in Madison, Chicago and Urbana. What a ride! You and your fabulous side men (if you can call Ernie a side man!) were great!  Jared, Matt and John are wonderfully talented people and Ernie is, well, the great Ernie.  Plus what an honor it was to meet your mom.  Such a classy lady.  You sir, are a master at your craft and a kind and generous man. Thank you so much!.  Best of luck on the rest of the tour.  Peace,  Deb Smith

Larry Lawrence comments (2012-04-09):

Laurence, What an amazing show at the Jazz Kitchen! Thanks for putting Indy on your schedule. It goes down as one of my all-time favorite concerts.

Marty Butler comments (2012-04-29):

Laurence, it was a great pleasure and exciting to actually meet you last night April 28th after your Philadelphia appearance with Kurt Elling.  I am the guy who talked to you a bit about the Sydney Australia concert and how much I enjoy it on YouTube.  It should be a DVD. Your Philly performance was a masterpiece. Just what I needed. Thanks for your autograph on my CD. I too found you to be a kind and generous man. Thank you, thank you, thank you for raising my spirits whenever I hear you. You d

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	Laurence Hobgood Short Bio

Best known for his collaboration with vocalist Kurt Elling, multiple Grammy nominee and 2010 Grammy winner Laurence Hobgood has enjoyed a multi-faceted and dynamic career. Musical director for Elling since 1995 he’s played on, composed/arranged for and co-produced all of Elling’s CDs (6 for Blue Note and 3 for Concord), each Grammy- nominated. 2009’s “Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane and Hartman”, recorded live at Lincoln Center, won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Jazz Record.

Hobgood was awarded three consecutive fellowships (‘90, ’91, ’92) to perform in the Aspen Music Festival. The Chicago Tribune honored him as a 1995 Chicagoan Of The Year in the Arts. In 2003 he received a Deems Taylor Award, given by ASCAP for the year’s outstanding music journalism, for his article, “The Art Of The Trio”, published by JazzTimes magazine.

He has performed both with Elling and with his own trio at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Chicago’s Symphony Center and Ravinia, Sydney Opera House, London’s Barbican and Queen Elizabeth Halls, as well as the world’s most prestigious jazz festivals including Montreaux, North Sea, Monterey, Spoleto USA, Newport, Umbria, Montreal, JVC festivals in Paris and Japan and many others. Elling and Hobgood also appeared at the 2009 State Dinner given at the White House where President Obama welcomed India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

He has played and/or recorded with Larry Coryell, Lee Konitz, John Pattitucci, Jon Hendricks, Regina Carter, Stefon Harris, Richard Galliano, Christian McBride, Terreon Gully, John Pizzarelli, Terrence Blanchard, Bob Sheppard, Ernie Watts, Marc Johnson, Joe Lovano, Benny Maupin, Paul Wertico, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Anat Cohen, Bob Mintzer, Mark Murphy, Von Freeman, Peter Erskine, Paul McCandless, Gary Burton and Eddie Daniels, to name a few.

His latest solo CD, “When The Heart Dances”, a duet recording with iconic bassist Charlie Haden, has received worldwide critical acclaim, garnering 4-star reviews from Down Beat and the UK’s Mojo magazine among others.

Hobgood’s latest project, POEMJAZZ, is an adventurous collaboration with poet Robert Pinsky, the only three-term U.S. Poet Laureate. The POEMJAZZ CD was released in February of 2012; it features Pinsky’s energetic readings of his poems with an emphasis on musical phrasing--rather than dramatic--coupled with Hobgood’s engaging, thematic improvised accompaniment, played live in studio simultaneous with the distinguished poet’s recitations.

A long time Chicago native, Hobgood moved to New York in 2006 and now lives on the south shore of Long Island.
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