Maine-based jazz duo to premiere new tunes at Wiscasset Art Walk

LamboLaw Jazz Duet pauses in between songs will performing at a previous Wiscasset Art Walk. The duo — Neil Lamb, left, and Dave Lawlor — will be the featured sidewalk concert during the art walk on Thursday, July 30. (Bob Bond photo)

Visitors to Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, July 30, will be treated to a free sidewalk performance of familiar and original jazz tunes played by two accomplished Maine-based musicians in LamboLaw Jazz Duet.

Neil Lamb, a Maine native and resident of Brunswick, and Dave Lawlor, a resident of Gardiner, both found their passion for jazz as youth. And both men took a long hiatus from their music during their mid-adult years, Lamb in a family business and Lawlor in social services, including as executive director of Mobius in Damariscotta.

LamboLaw has been the featured WAW performer previously and, when not on the sidewalk, Lamb and Lawlor are frequently playing in village galleries during WAW evenings.

“The environment of the art walk lends itself to playing jazz,” Lawlor said. “It’s art supporting art.”

Lamb agrees; the audience is attentive and they feel valued as jazz musicians.

“People are having a good time. Our music is connecting with people; they are smiling and happy,” he said.

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Lamb has a professional-grade recording studio in his home, and although personal computers now allow for more DIY recording, he continues to record other musicians and experiment with his own music, “inventing the sounds” he wants to play and developing his own variations to standard tunes.

Lawlor takes occasional master class lessons remotely. He prepares by identifying “a new path” that he wants to explore, e.g. pentatonic (five-note) scales. His method is to “practice, execute, then get it in a semiconscious repository so you can pull it up at the right time and use it when appropriate.”

During the July Wiscasset Art Walk, LamboLaw will be premiering original music that the duo is writing for a new album of 100% original tunes. They are scheduled for an October concert at Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner.

For more information about Wiscasset Art Walk, visit wiscassetartwalk.org or email to [email protected]. Wiscasset Art Walk is a program of Wiscasset Creative Alliance.

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