The San Francisco Concert

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合計収録時間 : 00:37:55
Personnel: Hubert Laws (flute); Bob James (keyboards); Glen Deardorff (guitar); Gary King (bass); Harvey Mason (drums); Members of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Personnel: Hubert Laws (flute); Glen Deardorff (guitar); Randall Pratt (harp); Daniel Kobialka, Alexander Horvath, Frances Schorr, Donna Lerew, Beth Gibson, Greg Mazmanian, Judith Poska, Zovan Melikian, Virginia Baker, Carl Pedersen, Ruggiero Pelosi, Myra Bucky, Anne Crowden, Ardeen de Camp, Verne Sellin, Nathan Rubin (violin); Albert White, Hope Bauch, Don Ehrlich, Arthur Bauch, Thomas Heimberg, Nancy Ellis (viola); Margaret Moores, Terry Adams , Mary Anne Meredith, Richard Eade, Amy Radner, Joel Cohen (cello); Frederick Berry, Allen Smith, Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young (trumpet); Jeremy Merrill, Stuart Gronningen (French horn); George Bohanon, Daniel Livesay (trombone); Maurice Spears (bass trombone); Bob James (keyboards); Harvey Mason, Sr. (drums). Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder. Recording information: Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California (10/04/1975). Photographer: White Gate. Arranger: Bob James. This live set finds flutist Hubert Laws both looking backwards toward his best CTI recordings and ahead to his generally abysmal output for Columbia. With Bob James doing the arrangements, the music is more overtly commercial than Don Sebesky's earlier work. The adaptations of themes by Bizet and Rimsky-Korsakoff are worthwhile, and Laws does a fine job on the catchy "Feel Like Making Love"; the other selection is a forgettable tune by Dave Grusin. Backed by a huge string orchestra, Laws plays quite well, uplifting the material and doing what he can with the charts. This was his final CTI release. ~ Scott Yanow