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The Rite of Spring (Hubert Laws album)

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Released
  
1971

The Rite of Spring (1971)
  
Wild Flower (1972)

Release date
  
June 1971

Label
  
CTI Records

Length
  
30:29

Artist
  
Hubert Laws

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 8, 10 and 25, 1971

Similar
  
Afro‑Classic, Crying Song, The Chicago Theme, The San Francisco Concert, Carnegie Hall

The Rite of Spring is an album by flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI label featuring jazz interpretations of classical music compositions.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Long before Wynton decided he could play classical chops as well as the real long-haired interpreters, even though he was a jazz musician, Hubert Laws and his partners at CTI gave it a run with a jazz twist, and for the most part with a far more adventurous repertoire. Unfortunately, the results were just about as thrilling as Wynton's, with a few notable exceptions.

Track listing

  1. "Pavane" (Gabriel Fauré) - 7:43
  2. "The Rite of Spring" (Igor Stravinsky) - 9:03
  3. "Syrinx" (Claude Debussy) - 3:34
  4. "Brandenburg Concerto #3 (First Movement)" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 6:01
  5. "Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Second Movement)" (Bach) - 4:27
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 8, 10 and 25, 1971
  • Personnel

  • Hubert Laws - flute
  • Wally Kane, Jane Taylor - bassoon
  • Bob James - piano, electric piano, electric harpsichord
  • Gene Bertoncini, Stuart Scharf - guitar
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Jack DeJohnette - drums
  • Dave Friedman - vibraphone, percussion
  • Airto Moreira - percussion
  • Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor
  • Songs

    1Pavane7:43
    2The Rite of Spring9:01
    3Syrinx3:34

    References

    The Rite of Spring (Hubert Laws album) Wikipedia