LAURY'S BLOG

2012- Ravinia As I've mentioned on several of my other posts, it was incredible to perform and be part of the two weeks of concerts in Las Vegas with the great Tony Bennett and Michel Legrand while touring as Legrand's vocal soloist. As the years have gone by, I have had the chance to see Tony perform at the different venues when he comes through Chicago. One of Tony's regular venues is Ravinia where he performs each year in the summer. This is a photo from 2012, when for my

To be able to say at the age of 19 I would meet Phil Woods and go on to perform with him while touring with Michel Legrand is really something I couldn’t have imagined. I remember first meeting Phil the same night I met Legrand when he was performing with him at the famous Mister Kelly's Chicago . It seem's that Mister Kelly's was a good luck charm and a major part of connecting me to some of the most important musical moments in my life like first meeting Legrand and then Ph

I've been very fortunate to have worked and performed with some of the greatest musicians in the world, one of which is the outstanding trumpet/flugelhornist Randy Brecker. I had the great pleasure of performing with Randy while I was touring with Michel Legrand in the famous Mainsonette Room at the St.Regis Hotel in NYC. I recently posted a story about the shows we performed there, the live recording and album I'm featured on "Michel Legrand and Friends" on RCA that was crea

Today I remember a special man, musician and singer, my brother in law Bill Scott. Bill was a wonderful singer and bassist, very well known and loved here in Chicago and one of the best people I knew.. He sang on many commercials back in the day and also was a regular performer on CBS radio. He had his own orchestra that he led for private High Society events and also his best friend was pianist/composer Bill Evans's, who I was fortunate enough to know and hang with thanks to

One of my earlier performances with composer Michel Legrand... When I first started performing with Michel I couldn't believe it! I was touring and performing with the Grammy and Oscar winning composer who wrote songs that I was already madly in love with before I started singing with him! As you can imagine when I got the word that one of our tour stops was going to be at the iconic Carnegie Hall in New York City I was excited beyond words!!! I remember the day of rehearsal