In the Beginning (Hubert Laws album)

In the Beginning is a double album by flutist Hubert Laws released on the CTI and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1974.[1] The album was later reissued on CTI as two separate volumes entitled Then There Was Light.

In the Beginning
Studio album by
Hubert Laws
Released1974
RecordedFebruary 6–8 and 11, 1974
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length63:12
LabelCTI
ProducerCreed Taylor
Hubert Laws chronology
Carnegie Hall
(1973)		 In the Beginning
(1974)		 The Chicago Theme
(1975)
Then There Was Light Vol 2 cover

Reception

Viewed, at the time of its release, as a "Recording of Special Merit" in the estimation of Stereo Review[2] (which, in addition, proclaimed the "recording excellent," the "performance impeccable," and the resulting album a welcome return to Laws' pre-CTI form),[3] In the Beginning would provoke a similarly enthusiastic response decades later from Allmusic's Scott Yanow, who awarded the album 5 stars, stating "This double album features flutist Hubert Laws at his finest. The music ranges from classical-oriented pieces to straight-ahead jazz with touches of '70s funk included in the mix... this recording is one of the most rewarding of Hubert Laws' career".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as Laws’s “best album and a good, expansive representation of his flute playing.”[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Stereo Review"Recording of Special Merit"[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Track listing
  1. "In the Beginning" (Clare Fischer) - 6:53
  2. "Restoration" (Harold Blanchard) - 8:59
  3. "Gymnopédie No. 1" (Erik Satie) - 3:55
  4. "Come Ye Disconsolate" (Traditional) - 5:21
  5. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 5:32
  6. "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) - 6:56
  7. "Reconciliation" (Rodgers Grant) - 10:08
  8. "Mean Lene" (Hubert Laws) - 15:28
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 6–8 and 11, 1974

Personnel

References
  1. CTI discography accessed February 7, 2012
  2. "Recording of Special Merit: Hubert Laws: In the Beginning". Stereo Review. Volume 33. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  3. Excerpt from Stereo Review's 1974 review. Google Books. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2012
  5. 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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