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A. H. Lawrence was a professional jazz frombonist from 1944-48, playing with the bands of Hot Lips Page, Benny Carter, and Luis Russell. Through Russell, he met and befriended Ellington and remained friends with him throughout his life. Lawrence has worked as assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts Medical School and lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He served as a consultant to the Smithsonian Institution for the exhibit, Jazz in Paris 1915-40Lawrence, A. H. is the author of 'Duke Ellington and His World A Biography' with ISBN 9780415930123 and ISBN 041593012X.
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