Hubert Laws discography

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Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) [1] is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. He is one of the most recognized and respected jazz flutists in the history of jazz. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres, moving effortlessly from one repertory to another. [2]

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As leader

YearTitleLabelnotes
1964 The Laws of Jazz Atlantic
1966 Flute By-Laws Atlantic
1968 Laws' Cause Atlantic
1969 Crying Song CTI
1970 Afro-Classic CTI
1971 The Rite of Spring CTI
1972 Wild Flower Atlantic
1972 Morning Star CTI
1973 Carnegie Hall CTI
1974 In the Beginning CTI
1975 The Chicago Theme CTI
1975 The San Francisco Concert CTI
1976Then There Was Light, Volume 1CTI
1976 Romeo & Juliet Columbia
1976Then There Was Light, Volume 2CTI
1978Say It With SilenceColumbia
1979Land of PassionColumbia
1980FamilyColumbia
1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingColumbiaWith Earl Klugh
1982 Studio Trieste CTIWith Chet Baker and Jim Hall
1983Make It LastColumbia
1985New Earth SonataSony Music
1990My Time Will ComeMusic Masters Jazz
1994Storm Then the CalmMusic Masters Jazz
1998Hubert Laws Remembers the Unforgettable Nat "King" ColeRKO/Unique
2002Baila CinderellaScepterstein
2004MoondanceSavoy Jazz
2005Hubert Laws Plays Bach for Barone & BakerDenon Records
2006Hubert Laws Live - 30-year Video RetrospectiveSpirit Productions
2009Flute Adaptations of Rachmaninov & BarberSpirit Productions

As sideman

With Roy Ayers

With Chet Baker

With George Benson

With Kenny Burrell

With Ron Carter

With Chick Corea

With Paul Desmond

With Charles Earland

With Gil Evans

With Gil Scott-Heron

With Astrud Gilberto

With Grant Green

With Johnny Hammond

With Eddie Henderson

With Freddie Hubbard

With Bobby Hutcherson

With Solomon Ilori

With Jackie and Roy

With Milt Jackson

With The Jazz Crusaders

With Quincy Jones

With Harold Mabern

With Junior Mance

With Herbie Mann

With Arif Mardin

With Gary McFarland

With Helen Merrill and Dick Katz

With James Moody

With Airto Moreira

With Alphonse Mouzon

With Milton Nascimento

With Jaco Pastorius

With Houston Person

With Dave Pike

With Joe Sample

With Mongo Santamaría

With Lalo Schifrin

With Don Sebesky

With Melvin Sparks

With Leon Spencer

With Gábor Szabó

With CTI All-Stars

With Bobby Timmons

With Cal Tjader

With Stanley Turrentine

With McCoy Tyner

With Walter Wanderley

With Randy Weston

With Gerald Wilson

With Kai Winding

With Stevie Wonder

As a producer

With Debra Laws

With Eloise Laws

With Cheryl Lynn

[3]

Notes

  1. "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]". United States: The Generations Network. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  2. All About Jazz: Hubert Laws Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Hubert Laws | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-08-02.

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