Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) 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.All About Jazz: Hubert Laws
As leader YearTitleLabelnotes1964The Laws of JazzAtlantic 1966Flute By-LawsAtlantic 1968Laws' CauseAtlantic1969Crying SongCTI1970Afro-ClassicCTI1971The Rite of Spring CTI1972Wild Flower Atlantic1972Morning Star CTI1973Carnegie Hall CTI1974In the Beginning CTI1975The Chicago Theme CTI1975The San Francisco Concert CTI1976 Then There Was Light, Volume 1 CTI1976 Romeo & Juliet Columbia1976 Then There Was Light, Volume 2 CTI1978Say It with Silence Columbia1979Land of Passion Columbia1980Family Columbia1980How to Beat the High Cost of Living Columbia With Earl Klugh1982Studio Trieste CTI With Chet Baker and Jim Hall1983Make It Last Columbia1985New Earth Sonata Sony Music1993My Time Will Come Music Masters Jazz 1994Storm Then the CalmMusic Masters Jazz 1998Hubert Laws Remembers the Unforgettable Nat "King" Cole RKO/Unique2002Baila Cinderella Scepterstein2004MoondanceSavoy Jazz 2005Hubert Laws Plays Bach for Barone & Baker Denon Records 2006Hubert Laws Live - 30-year Video Retrospective Spirit Productions 2009Flute Adaptations of Rachmaninov & Barber Spirit Productions
As sideman 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 ) 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) You've Got It Bad Girl (A&M, 1973) 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 Claude Bolling, California Suite (CBS Masterworks, 1980) 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 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)
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