Hubert Laws discography
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]
As leader
[edit]| Year | Title | Label | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
As sideman
[edit]With Roy Ayers
- Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic, 1968)
- Daddy Bug (Atlantic, 1969)
With Chet Baker
- She Was Too Good to Me (1972)
- You Can't Go Home Again (Horizon, 1977)
- The Best Thing for You (A&M, 1977 [1989])
- Studio Trieste (1982)
With George Benson
- Tell It Like It Is (A&M/CTI, 1969)
- The Other Side of Abbey Road (A&M/CTI, 1969)
- White Rabbit (CTI, 1972)
- Good King Bad (CTI, 1975)
- In Concert-Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1975)
- Pacific Fire (CTI, 1983)
With Ron Carter
- Uptown Conversation (Embryo, 1970)
- Blues Farm (CTI, 1973)
- Spanish Blue (CTI, 1974)
- Anything Goes (Kudu, 1975)
- New York Slick (Milestone, 1979)
- Empire Jazz (RSO, 1980)
With Chick Corea
- The Complete "Is" Sessions (1969)
- Tap Step (1980)
- The Ultimate Adventure (2006)
With Freddie Hubbard
- First Light (CTI, 1971)
- Sky Dive (CTI, 1972)
With Bobby Hutcherson
- Highway One (Columbia, 1978)
- Conception: The Gift of Love (Columbia, 1979)
With Jackie and Roy
- Time & Love (CTI, 1972)
- A Wilder Alias (CTI, 1973)
With Milt Jackson
- Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968)
- Goodbye (CTI, 1973)
- Feelings (Pablo, 1976)
With Quincy Jones
- Walking in Space (A&M, 1969)
- Gula Matari (A&M, 1970)
- Smackwater Jack (A&M, 1971)
- Body Heat (A&M, 1974)
- Mellow Madness (A&M, 1975)
- Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! (A&M, 1978)
With Gary McFarland
- America the Beautiful, An Account of its Disappearance (1968)
- Today (1969)
With Leon Spencer
- Bad Walking Woman (Prestige, 1972)
- Where I'm Coming From (Prestige, 1973)
With Stanley Turrentine
- Nightwings (Fantasy, 1977)
- If I Could (MusicMasters, 1993)
With McCoy Tyner
- Fly with the Wind (Milestone, 1976)
- Together (Milestone, 1978)
- La Leyenda de La Hora (Columbia, 1981)
With Walter Wanderley
- When It Was Done (A&M/CTI, 1968)
- Moondreams (A&M/CTI, 1969)
With others
- Kenny Burrell, God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971)
- Paul Desmond, From the Hot Afternoon (A&M/CTI, 1969)
- Charles Earland, Intensity (Prestige, 1972)
- Gil Evans, Blues in Orbit (Enja, 1971)
- Gil Scott-Heron, Pieces of a Man (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
- Astrud Gilberto, Gilberto with Turrentine with Stanley Turrentine (CTI, 1971)
- Grant Green, The Main Attraction (CTI, 1976)
- Johnny Hammond, The Prophet (Kudu, 1972)
- Eddie Henderson, Mahal (Capitol, 1978)
- Solomon Ilori, African High Life (Blue Note, 1964)
- The Jazz Crusaders, Chile Con Soul (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
- Harold Mabern, Greasy Kid Stuff! (Prestige, 1970)
- Junior Mance, I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968)
- Herbie Mann, Glory of Love (CTI, 1967)
- Arif Mardin, Journey (Atlantic, 1974)
- Helen Merrill and Dick Katz, A Shade of Difference (Milestone, 1968)
- James Moody, Great Day (Argo, 1963)
- Airto Moreira, Free (CTI, 1972)
- Alphonse Mouzon, Morning Sun (1981)
- Milton Nascimento, Courage (A&M/CTI, 1969)
- Jaco Pastorius, Jaco Pastorius (Epic, 1976)
- Houston Person, Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (Prestige, 1972)
- Dave Pike, Manhattan Latin (Decca, 1964)
- Joe Sample, Carmel (GRP, 1979)
- Mongo Santamaría, Mongomania (Columbia, 1967)
- Lalo Schifrin, Black Widow (CTI, 1976)
- Don Sebesky, Giant Box (CTI, 1973)
- Melvin Sparks, Akilah! (Prestige, 1972)
- Gábor Szabó, Mizrab (CTI, 1972)
- CTI All-Stars, California Concert (CTI, 1972)
- Bobby Timmons, Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)
- Cal Tjader, The Prophet (Verve, 1967)
- Randy Weston, Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)
- Gerald Wilson, Monterey Moods (Mack Avenue, 2007)
- Kai Winding, Penny Lane & Time (Verve, 1967)
- Stevie Wonder, A Time to Love (Motown, 2005)
As a producer
[edit]With Debra Laws
- Very Special (Spy, 1981)
With Eloise Laws
- The Key (Scepterstein Records, 1999)
With Cheryl Lynn
- Got to Be Real: The Columbia Anthology (Soulmusic Records, 2019)
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]". United States: The Generations Network. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ All About Jazz: Hubert Laws Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hubert Laws | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
References
[edit]- "Hubert Laws | Album Discography". AllMusic. 1939-11-10. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
- "Hubert Laws Albums and Discography @ARTISTdirect". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2017-05-26.