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Pressure Sensitive

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Released
  
1975

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Blue Note

Recorded
  
March-April, 1975

Length
  
34:54

Producer
  
George Butler and Wayne Henderson

Pressure Sensitive is the debut album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws. It was recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label. The album was produced by George Butler and Wayne Henderson, the co-founder of The Crusaders.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated, "this obviously commercial effort (every song fades out before it hits the five-minute mark) can only be recommended in comparison to Ronnie Laws's later more inferior recordings".

Track listing

All compositions by Ronnie Laws except as indicated
  1. "Always There" (William Jeffrey, Ronnie Laws) - 4:52
  2. "Momma" (Roland Bautista) - 4:20
  3. "Never Be the Same" (Bautista, Mike Cavanaugh, Laws) - 4:23
  4. "Tell Me Something Good" (Stevie Wonder) - 4:50
  5. "Nothing to Lose" - 4:54
  6. "Tidal Wave" (Jeffrey) - 4:08
  7. "Why Do You Laugh at Me?" (Wayne Henderson) - 3:55
  8. "Mis' Mary's Place" - 3:32
  • Recorded at Angel City Sound in Los Angeles, California in March-April, 1975.

    • Personnel

  • Ronnie Laws - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Jerry Peters - electric piano, synthesizer
  • Mike Cavanaugh, Joe Sample - clavinet, electric piano
  • Roland Bautista - guitar
  • John Rowin - guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
  • Wilton Felder (track 6), Clint Mosley (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8) - electric bass
  • Steve Guttierez (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8), Michael Willars (track 6) - drums
  • Joe Clayton - conga, tambourine, flexatone
  • Side Effect - backing vocals (track 2)

    • References

    Pressure Sensitive Wikipedia
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