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