Released 1974 Artist Hubert Laws Producer Creed Taylor Genre Jazz | Length 63:12 Release date 1974 Label Legacy Recordings | |
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Recorded February 6-8 and 11, 1974 In the Beginning
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In the Beginning is a double album by flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1974. The album was later reissued on CTI as two separate volumes entitled Then There Was Light.
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Reception
Viewed, at the time of its release, as a "Recording of Special Merit" in the estimation of Stereo Review (which, in addition, proclaimed the "recording excellent," the "performance impeccable," and the resulting album a welcome return to Laws' pre-CTI form), In the Beginning would provoke a similarly enthusiastic response decades later from Allmusic's Scott Yanow, who awarded the album 5 stars, stating "This double album features flutist Hubert Laws at his finest. The music ranges from classical-oriented pieces to straight-ahead jazz with touches of '70s funk included in the mix... this recording is one of the most rewarding of Hubert Laws' career".
Track listing
- "In the Beginning" (Clare Fischer) - 6:53
- "Restoration" (Harold Blanchard) - 8:59
- "Gymnopédie No. 1" (Erik Satie) - 3:55
- "Come Ye Disconsolate" (Traditional) - 5:21
- "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 5:32
- "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) - 6:56
- "Reconciliation" (Rogers Grant) - 10:08
- "Mean Lene" (Hubert Laws) - 15:28
Personnel
Songs
1In the Beginning6:56
2Restoration9:02
3Gymnopedie #13:58