Rite Of Spring

Hubert Laws | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 16, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy
• ASIN: B0000630D0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,648 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another CTI Masterpiece, July 7, 2002

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Kurt Harding "bon vivant" (Boerne TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rite Of Spring (Audio CD)

Years ago, I bought this recording on cassette and just about wore it out. I hadn't thought about Hubert Laws much in recent years until I saw this CD in the bargain bin at a favorite record store and snapped it up immediately.
It doesn't matter if you come to the classics via jazz, or to jazz via the classics, Laws' melding of the two forms IS a classic. CTI issued many great jazz albums in its short life and Rite of Spring stands as one of the best.
I like the CD from start to finish, particularly Laws' take on Pavane and the First and Second Movements of Brandenburg Concerto #3. The music is exquisitely relaxing and surreal, the bassoons behind the flute imbuing the recording with a dreamlike air.
As usual with a CTI recording, the backing musicians form a stellar lineup that includes Bob James, Ron Carter, Gene Bertoncini, and Airto Moreira among others. Only its brevity reduces the rating to four stars as I think it would be better had it been combined with another CTI Hubert Laws masterpiece, the unavailable Afro-Classic.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Necessity for "Classical Jazz", June 21, 2001

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"jpjazdog" (Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rite of Spring (Audio CD)

I first bought the vinyl in 1973 while still a teenager living in the rural South. Never had such music been heard before. Hubert Laws bridged all chasms between genres with The Rite of Spring. A "must have" as proof that jazz did not die in the '70s. Creed Taylor with artists like Hubert Laws kept the flame hot. I am grateful that CBS resurrected the CTI masters.

JP

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rare and exquisite, April 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Rite Of Spring (Audio CD)

this was my favorite recording back in the early eighties. i loved it. then i eventually moved on to mainstream jazz, kind of tossing it aside as the years went by.

now i'm listening to it again and i'm re-amazed by it. the 'all-music guide' rating this insignificant and below his other recordings is way off track. i have most of his recordings and this is by far his best.

this is a special recording. i have the lp version. very high audio quality. the first side (the first two songs) is the real substance of the recording.

the music causes you to sit and listen. relaxing, startling, and interesting. this is just some of the best music regardless of genre.