Afro-Classic

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Afro-Classic
Studio album by
Hubert Laws
Released1970
RecordedDecember 1 & 11, 1970
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, third stream
Length37:29
LabelCTI
ProducerCreed Taylor
Hubert Laws chronology
Crying Song
(1969) 		Afro-Classic
(1970) 		The Rite of Spring
(1971)

Afro-Classic is an album by flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI label featuring performances of popular and classical music by Laws recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1970.[1]

Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 5 stars stating "Afro-Classic is a classic for the manner in which Laws, with brilliant assistance from arranger Don Sebesky, melded the jazz and classical worlds — not to mention pop — into a seamless whole," aptly describing "[t]he liberties taken with the Passacaglia" as "revolutionary" rendering the "stunning" number "no longer simply a classical tune" but one which "begins to swing with Latin, blues, and jazz undertones. When Laws finally takes his solo, the tune simply grooves its way through to the end — with subtle sound effects that Brian Eno would be envious of because he hadn't thought of them yet."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Fire and Rain" (James Taylor) - 7:58
  2. "Allegro from Concerto No. 3 in D" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 3:47
  3. "Theme from Love Story" (Francis Lai) - 7:32
  4. "Passacaglia in C Minor" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 15:14
  5. "Flute Sonata in F" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - 3:17

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ CTI discography accessed February 6, 2012
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 18, 2018
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 871. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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