Morning Star (Hubert Laws album)

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Released 1972 Morning Star (1972) Carnegie Hall (1973) Release date 1972 Label Masterworks Jazz		Length 35:46 Artist Hubert Laws Producer Creed Taylor Genre Jazz

Recorded September - November 1972 Similar Hubert Laws albums, Jazz albums

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Morning Star is an album by flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1972.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Morning Star is a joy all the way through... It's Laws at his very best; it helped define the essence of CTI".

Track listing

All compositions by Hubert Laws except as indicated

"Morning Star" (Rodgers Grant) - 7:57
"Let Her Go" - 4:53
"Where Is The Love" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) - 4:36
"No More" - 5:01
"Amazing Grace" (Traditional) - 7:19
"What Do You Think of This World Now?" - 6:00

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September - November 1972

Personnel

Hubert Laws - flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo

Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm - trumpet, flugelhorn

Garnett Brown - trombone

James Buffington - French horn

Phil Bodner - clarinet, flute, alto flute

Romeo Penque - flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, English horn

Jack Knitzer - bassoon

Bob James - electric piano

John Tropea - guitar

Ron Carter - bass

Billy Cobham - drums

Dave Friedman - vibraphone, percussion

Ralph MacDonald - percussion

Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice - violin

George Koutzen, Charles McCracken, Lucien Schmit - cello

Gloria Agostini - harp

Lani Groves, Eloise Laws, Debra Laws, Tasha Thomas - vocal

Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor

Songs

1Morning Star7:58
2Let Her Go4:54
3Where Is the Love4:37

References

Morning Star (Hubert Laws album) Wikipedia

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