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Romeo & Juliet is an album by flutist Hubert Laws. It was released by Columbia Records and spent several weeks on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in 1976.
“From love's weak childish bow she lives unharm'd.”
— Romeo, l. 209
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”
— Romeo, l. 1
“Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.”
— Mercutio, l. 74
“Thou! why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more, or a hair less, in his beard than thou hast: thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes.”
— Mercutio, l. 16
“O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle.”
— Juliet, l. 60
“Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut.”
— Romeo, l. 56
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Romeo & Juliet is an album by flutist Hubert Laws. It was released by Columbia Records and spent several weeks on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in 1976.
The album is "an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's famous theme with strings and electronic instruments, in a pop vein." The AllMusic reviewer described the album as "Light jazz (with strings, keyboards, voices, etc.) and a classical/Eastern flavor."
Contents
Track listing
"Undecided" - 6:07
"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" - 8:07
"Forlane" - 4:11
"Romeo & Juliet" - 7:41
"What Are We Gonna Do?" - 5:30
"Guatemala Connection" - 5:43
Personnel
Hubert Laws - Flute
Bob James - Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Keyboards
Eric Gale, Richie Resnicoff, Barry Finnerty, Steve Khan - Guitar
Gary King - Bass
Andy Newmark, Steve Gadd - Drums
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
Mark Gray - Clavinet, Keyboards
Alan Rubin, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm, Bernie Glow - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Allen Ralph, David Taylor, Wayne Andre - Trombone
George Marge, David Sanborn, Howard Johnson, Phil Bodner, Jerry Dodgion, Harvey Estrin - Woodwinds
David Nadien - Concertmaster
Alan Schulman, Alfred Brown, Barry Sinclair, Charles McCracken, Emanuel Green, Emanuel Vardi, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Paul Gershman, Seymour Barab - Strings
Denise Wigfall, Kenneth Coles, Robin Wilson, Shirley Thompson, Stanley Stroman - Vocals
Production
Produced, Arranged and Conducted by Bob James
Co-Produced and Engineered by Bob Clearmountain
Engineered by Joe Jorgensen
Vocal Arrangements by Stanley Stroman
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