(Crossover Jazz) Hubert Laws - Make It Last - 1983, MP3, 320 kbps

Hubert Laws hits an 80s groove here – but the shift doesn't seem to dampen his soul at all! At some points, the rhythms are a bit more pronounced than before – bouncy and funky at points, with a slight nod to the clubs – yet other points still have that soft, airy finish that made Laws' flute such a big hit earlier in the 70s – mixed here with some nice vocals from Rod McNeill and Eloise Laws too. Most of the album's still instrumental, though – and other players include Bobby Lyle on acoustic piano, Randy Waldman on Fender Rhodes, Nathan East on bass, and Ndugu Chancler on drums. Titles include "Stay With Me", "Morning Star", "Life Cycles", "Gonna Be Happy", "Make It Last", and "Happy Anniversary".

Hubert Laws - flute, piccolo
Barnaby Finch, Rick Jackson, Milcho Leviev, Greg Hilfman, Randy Waldman, Bobby Lyle - keyboards, piano
John Chiodini - guitar
Nathan East, Welton Gite - electric bass
Bob Magnusson - acoustic bass
Raymond Pounds, Tom Walsh, Alphonse Mouzon, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums
Darryl "Munyungo" Jackson - percussion
Hubert Laws, Eloise Laws, Debra Laws, Lisa DuBois, Angel Rogers - vocal effects
Eloise Laws, Rod McNeill - lead vocals
Marti McCall, Myrna Matthews, Clydene Jackson - background vocals
Oscar Brashear, Raymond Lee Brown, Rick Baptist - trumpet, flugelhorn
Garnet Brown, George Bohanon - trombone
Maurice Spears - bass trombone
Gale Robinson, Arthur Maebe, Robert L.Watt - French horn
All compositions were recorded and mixed at Spirit Productions, Inc. Recording Studio except "Life Cycles" rhythm and strings tracks which were recorded at Sunset Studio.
Recorded June, 1982 - May, 1983.