The Rite of Spring

by Hubert Laws

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 August 1971
  • Label: CTI
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:42
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Creed Taylor for the esteemed CTI label, this ambitious project finds flautist Hubert Laws reimagining foundational classical works through a contemporary jazz lens. Accompanied by lush, sophisticated orchestrations arranged by Don Sebesky, Laws breathes a rhythmic, improvisational life into Stravinsky, Debussy, and Bach. It remains a hallmark recording of the early seventies third stream and classical crossover movements.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Pavane (7:41)
  2. The Rite of Spring (9:01)
  3. Syrinx (3:32)
  4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, First Movement (5:59)
  5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Second Movement (4:27)

Credits

  • Hubert Laws - primary artist, flute
  • Don Sebesky - arranged by
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Wally Kane - bassoon
  • Jack DeJohnette - drums
  • Gene Bertoncini - guitar
  • Airto Moreira - percussion
  • Bob James - piano, electric piano, harpsichord [electric]

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