Ronnie Laws – Fever
Born and raised in Houston, Texas Laws is the fifth of eight children. He started playing the saxophone at the age of 11.
He attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, for two years. In 1972, Laws joined the fledgling group Earth, Wind & Fire, playing saxophone and flute on their album Last Days and Time. He left the band soon afterwards, long before they achieved their commercial success.
During 1975 Laws issued his debut album Pressure Sensitive on Blue Note Records. The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. In 1976, Laws went on to release his second LP Fever. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart.
Ronnie Laws – Fever
Label: #BlueNoteRecords – BN-LA628-G, At Home Productions – BN-LA628-G
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: #1976
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Funk
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A1 Let's Keep It Together
A2 Fever
A3 All The Time
A4 Stay Still (And Let Me Love You)
B1 Strugglin'
B2 Captain Midnite
B3 Karmen
B4 Night Breeze
B5 From Ronnie With Love
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Credits
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Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Dale Frank
Backing Vocals – Augie Johnson
Bass – #WiltonFelder (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Cello – Jesse Ehrliect, Nathan Gershman, Raymond J. Kelley, Victor Sazer
Congas – Tony Ben (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Drums – Bruce Carter (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5), Steve Guiterrez (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Electric Bass – Nathaniel Phillips (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp] – Donald Hepburn (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5), Michael Hepburn (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [String Ensemble] – #BobbyLyle (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Guitar – Marlon The Magician (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Percussion – Bruce Smith (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – #RonnieLaws (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Violin – Bonnie Douglas, Carroll Stephens, Elliott Fisher, Felix Sitjar, Gordon Marron, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Joy Lyle, Murray Adler, Paul C. Shure, Ronald Folsom, William Kurasch
#instarecords #instavinyl #vinylrecords #jazzfusion #recordoftheday
Ronnie Laws – Fever
Born and raised in Houston, Texas Laws is the fifth of eight children. He started playing the saxophone at the age of 11.
He attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, for two years. In 1972, Laws joined the fledgling group Earth, Wind & Fire, playing saxophone and flute on their album Last Days and Time. He left the band soon afterwards, long before they achieved their commercial success.
During 1975 Laws issued his debut album Pressure Sensitive on Blue Note Records. The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. In 1976, Laws went on to release his second LP Fever. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart.
Ronnie Laws – Fever
Label: #BlueNoteRecords – BN-LA628-G, At Home Productions – BN-LA628-G
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: #1976
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Funk
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Tracklist •
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A1 Let's Keep It Together
A2 Fever
A3 All The Time
A4 Stay Still (And Let Me Love You)
B1 Strugglin'
B2 Captain Midnite
B3 Karmen
B4 Night Breeze
B5 From Ronnie With Love
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Credits
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Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Dale Frank
Backing Vocals – Augie Johnson
Bass – #WiltonFelder (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Cello – Jesse Ehrliect, Nathan Gershman, Raymond J. Kelley, Victor Sazer
Congas – Tony Ben (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Drums – Bruce Carter (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5), Steve Guiterrez (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Electric Bass – Nathaniel Phillips (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp] – Donald Hepburn (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5), Michael Hepburn (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [String Ensemble] – #BobbyLyle (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Guitar – Marlon The Magician (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Percussion – Bruce Smith (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – #RonnieLaws (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, B5)
Violin – Bonnie Douglas, Carroll Stephens, Elliott Fisher, Felix Sitjar, Gordon Marron, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Joy Lyle, Murray Adler, Paul C. Shure, Ronald Folsom, William Kurasch
#instarecords #instavinyl #vinylrecords #jazzfusion #recordoftheday