 He began to work with jazz combos and big bands, and eventually made plans to record with The Moscow Philharmonic.He was finally living out some of his dreams that were on the back burner while working hard to keep the dying art of a cappella alive.In 2004, Lawson was introduced to 4 of the members of the San Francisco-based a cappella group Talk of the Town (Rayfield Ragler, Stan Lockwood, Paul Carrington and Carl Douglas).