1. Hubert Laws was born on November 10,1939 and is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres.
11 Facts About Hubert Laws
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Hubert Laws began playing flute in high school after volunteering to substitute for the school orchestra's regular flutist.
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Hubert Laws recorded with his younger brother Ronnie on the album The Laws in the early 1970s.
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Hubert Laws played flute on Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 album Pieces of a Man, which featured the jazz poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".
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Hubert Laws can be heard playing tenor saxophone on some records from the 1970s.
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In 1981, Hubert Laws produced the album Very Special by Debra Hubert Laws.
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Hubert Laws recorded a tribute album to jazz pianist and pop-music vocalist Nat King Cole, Hubert Laws Remembers the Unforgettable Nat King Cole, which received critical accolades.
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In 1998, Hubert Laws recorded with Morcheeba for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to George Gershwin, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.
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In June 2010, Hubert Laws received a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts in the field of jazz.
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Hubert Laws is a recipient of the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award.
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Hubert Laws has received the following nominations at the Grammy Awards:.