He began to work with jazz combos and big bands, and eventually made plans to record with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
He was so impressed with their rendition of "Paper Doll" by the Mills Brothers that he and his wife were compelled to join forces with the vocalists to produce what Lawson considered to be the masterpiece of his a cappella career.
[4] In 2008, during the US presidential campaign, Lawson teamed up again with Talk of the Town to record a re-working of the Dixie Chicks' song "I Hope" (which had appeared with the song's original lyrics on the Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town album), as a tribute to then presidential candidate Barack Obama.
[5] In 2009, Lawson collaborated with singer/songwriter James Power on a tribute recording to gospel legend Reverend Claude Jeter of the Swan Silvertones, on a track titled "The Man in Room 1009".
[8] In season 3, Lawson was invited back and appeared in the Christmas special, singing lead on "Sweet Soul Music" with members of the cast.
On February 24, 2022, Just a Mortal Man: The Jerry Lawson Story, a feature-length documentary produced by Miles Merritt and Gail Kempler, premiered nationwide on PBS.