Hubert Laws: Muchacha Extraña
Musicians:
Hubert Laws (flute),
Otmaro Ruiz (piano), Hussain Jiffry (bass), Joey Heredia (drums), Kevin Ricard (percussion)
.Composed by Hubert Laws
.Recorded: Los Angeles, July 2000
Rating: 96/100 (learn more)
As a recording artist, Hubert Laws has amassed an extraordinary body of dreck. Is there another jazzman considered the most accomplished ever on his chosen instrument whose output less justifies said claim? Laws cannot be solely blamed for the 1970s, but he played a big part. In 2002, however, revisiting "Strange Girl" from Flute By-Laws (1965), Laws showed with a simple, born-again bossa nova how far both he and jazz have come. When this lovely, wistful track concludes, he remarks, "That's the one." No argument. The only thing Extraña about Hubert's Muchacha is how long it took her to arrive.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Tags: bossa nova · flute
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