He collaborated with musicians including Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, George Benson, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Whitney Houston, whose version of ???I Will Always Love You??? features Lawson???s work.Lawson won a Grammy Award in 1986 for R&B instrumental performance for the song ???And You Know That??? by his crossover jazz group, Yellowjackets.