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]
Year | Title | Label | notes |
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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 | |
1976 | Then There Was Light, Volume 1 | CTI | |
1976 | Romeo & Juliet | Columbia | |
1976 | Then There Was Light, Volume 2 | CTI | |
1978 | Say It With Silence | Columbia | |
1979 | Land of Passion | Columbia | |
1980 | Family | Columbia | |
1980 | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | Columbia | With Earl Klugh |
1982 | Studio Trieste | CTI | With Chet Baker and Jim Hall |
1983 | Make It Last | Columbia | |
1985 | New Earth Sonata | Sony Music | |
1990 | My Time Will Come | Music Masters Jazz | |
1994 | Storm Then the Calm | Music Masters Jazz | |
1998 | Hubert Laws Remembers the Unforgettable Nat "King" Cole | RKO/Unique | |
2002 | Baila Cinderella | Scepterstein | |
2004 | Moondance | Savoy Jazz | |
2005 | Hubert Laws Plays Bach for Barone & Baker | Denon Records | |
2006 | Hubert Laws Live - 30-year Video Retrospective | Spirit Productions | |
2009 | Flute Adaptations of Rachmaninov & Barber | Spirit Productions |
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
With Debra Laws
With Eloise Laws
With Cheryl Lynn
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