In the Beginning (Hubert Laws album)
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| In the Beginning | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | February 6–8 and 11, 1974 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 63:12 | |||
| Label | CTI | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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| Then There Was Light Vol 2 cover | ||||
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In the Beginning is a double album by flutist 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.
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] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as Laws’s “best album and a good, expansive representation of his flute playing.”[5]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [4] |
| Stereo Review | "Recording of Special Merit"[2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
