Hubert Laws (b. November 11, 1939) is an American flutist with a 30-year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is an extremely gifted musician, and is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres; moving effortlessly from one repertory to another.[LINK: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=8624] All About Jazz: Hubert Laws Biography Hubert Laws born November 11, 1939, in the Studewood section of Houston, Texas, the second of eight children. Many of his siblings also entered the music industry, including saxophonist Ronnie Laws and vocalists Eloise, Debra, and Johnnie Laws. He began playing flute in high school after volunteering to substitute for the school orchestra's regular flutist. He became adept at jazz improvisation by playing in the Houston-area jazz group the Swingsters, which eventually evolved into the Modern Jazz

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