Editing Larry Shields (section)

{{Short description|American jazz clarinetist (1893-1953)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name           = Larry Shields
| image          = File:American jazz clarinetist Larry Shields.png
| image_upright  = 
| caption        = Shields, {{circa|1924}}
| background     = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name     = Lawrence James Shields
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1893|9|13}}
| birth_place    = [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1953|11|21|1893|10|13}}
| death_place    = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| genre          = [[Jazz]]
| occupation     = Musician
| instrument     = Clarinet
| years_active   = 
| past_member_of = {{nowrap|[[Original Dixieland Jazz Band]]}}
| module           = {{Infobox person
| embed            = yes
| relatives        = [[Harry Shields]] (brother)
}}
}}

'''Lawrence James Shields''' (September 13, 1893 – November 21, 1953) was an early American [[dixieland]] jazz [[clarinetist]]. He was a member of the [[Original Dixieland Jazz Band]], the first jazz band to record commercially.