Recording project featuring Doug Walter, University of Colorado; Rich MacDonald, Winona State University; Larry Lawless, Austin, Texas; Bart Elliott, Nashville, Tennessee; David Bugher, Chicago, Illinois. Original jazz composed by the members of the group, performed entirely on percussion instruments, including marimba, vibraphone, Malletkat, drums, conga, and a variety of other percussion instruments. Recorded at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Jazz Behind Bars

Hevy Revy

Attack of the 10 Octave Marimba

Insomnia

The Tortoise and the Hare

The Doctor and the Deacon

Tone Down

Sharptooth

Happy Thoughts

A composition for wind ensemble evoking the mood and activities of the winter season

Wintering for Wind Ensemble

Larry Lawless... founder of the Lawless Percussion and Jazz Ensemble, has been involved in music education for 40 years, as a high school and junior high band director, private lesson teacher, clinician, drum and bugle corps caption head, and university instructor. His former students can be found in teaching positions and performing venues across the country. He has been a featured clinician for schools in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Iowa and the Texas Music Educators and Texas Bandmasters Conventions. He is now retired from public school teaching and spends his time composing and performing with the North Texas Caledonian Pipes and Drums, Dallas, Texas, and the Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums, Austin, Texas. His compositions for percussion are published by Row-loff Productions and Innovative Percussion. His book "12 Etudes for 2 Mallet Marimba" is on both the Texas Prescribed Music List for solos and the Texas All-State Audition list. He holds a Bachelors degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas and a Master of Music degree in Music Composition and Percussion from the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Lawless endorses Encore Mallets and Sabian Cymbals. He is the former President of the Texas Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, and in 2008 was named Outstanding Chapter President.