CT 516

CT 516 Astrud Gilberto – Solo El Fin (For All We Know) Side A: Solo el Fin (For All We Know)Side B: Solo el Fin (For All We Know)Astrud GilbertoIssues: CTI CT 516 [45]Master No.: CT 516 B/CT 516 BRecorded: January 13th, 1971Released: March 1971 As the last of the […]

CT 512

CT 512 Astrud Gilberto – (Where Do I Begin) Love Story / CT 512 Where There Is A Heartache Side A: (Where Do I begin) Love StorySide B: Where There’s A HeartacheAstrud GilbertoIssues: CTI CT 511 [45]Master No.: CT 511 A/CT 511 BRecorded: January 13th, 1971Released: February 1971 This is […]

Hubert Laws – Quiet, Confident, Accomplished

Happy Birthday Hubert Laws! – “You can always do better”. This post contains a number of updates made on October 24th, 2022 following the publication of Doug Payne’s appreciation and retrospective on Hubert Laws “Crying Song”[1]http://dougpayne.blogspot.com/2022/10/rediscovery-hubert-laws-crying-song.html. I’ve left the original text struck out, rather than removed completely. Doug and I […]

Happy Birthday, Hubert Laws

Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is one of the most pervasive, and impressive artists to appear on Creed Taylor, CTI productions. While others, notably Bob James, Don Sebesky, and Dave Matthews through their arrangements had a bigger impact on the overall sound; and George Benson, Grover Washington, Jr, Esther […]

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CT 505

CT 505 Feelin’ Alright? – Hubert Laws Side A: Feelin’ Alright? (2:30)Side B: Let It Be (2:15)(from Crying Song)Hubert LawsIssues: CTI CT 505 [45]Master No.: CT 505 A/CT 505 BRecorded: July 24th, 1969(both tracks)Released: 1970 (probably June) Two more tracks from the sessions held at the American Sound Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, primarily with the Memphis Boys […]

CT 501

CT 501 – La Jean – Hubert Laws First single on CTI will be “Let It Be” by Laws, which has just been shipped.” Creed Taylor – February 28th, 1970 Billboard magazine “Taylor Bows Label – In Deal With King” Side A: La Jean (2:30)Side B: Let It Be (2:15)(from Crying Song)Hubert LawsIssues: CTI CT 501 […]

Funky Friday, starts here!

Legendary jazz producer, Creed Taylor, celebrated his 90th birthday this year. Yes, Creed is alive and well. Since the mid-to-late 70’s in the UK were dominated by tracks released on Creeds CTI and Kudu labels, I thought it would be great to see if I could get the regular “Funky […]