Fever (Ronnie Laws album)

Fever is the second album of American saxophonist Ronnie Laws released in 1976 by Blue Note Records.[1] The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart.[2]

Fever
Studio album by
Released1976
1992 (re-release)
RecordedDecember 26 & 29, 1975, January 16, 1976 and February–March, 1976
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenreJazz
Length41:02
LabelBlue Note
ProducerGeorge Butler
Ronnie Laws chronology
Pressure Sensitive
(1975)
Fever
(1976)
Friends & Strangers
(1977)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [5]

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson states, "Because Laws has recorded so many throwaways, one has to approach his catalog with caution; but rest assured that Fever puts his talent to work instead of wasting it".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Ronnie Laws except as indicated
  1. "Let's Keep It Together" – 4:30
  2. "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) – 3:24
  3. "All the Time" (William Jeffery) – 4:00
  4. "Stay Still (And Let Me Love You)" (Margie Joseph, Arif Mardin) – 7:24
  5. "Strugglin'" (W. Murray) – 4:08
  6. "Captain Midnite" – 2:58
  7. "Karmen" – 3:47
  8. "Night Breeze" (Bobby Lyle) – 6:29
  9. "From Ronnie with Love" – 4:22

Recorded at Total Experience Studios in Los Angeles, California between December 1975 and March 1976.

Personnel

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  • Ronnie Lawstenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Donald Hepburn, Michael Hepburn, Bobby Lyleelectric piano, clavinet, synthesizer
  • Marlin the Magician – guitar
  • Wilton Felder, Nathaniel Phillips – electric bass
  • Bruce Carter, Steve Guttierez – drums
  • Bruce Smith – percussion
  • Tony Ben – conga
  • Murray Adler, Bonnie Douglas, Henry Ferber, Elliott Fisher, Ronald Folsom, James Getzoff, William Kurash, Joy Lyle, Gordon Marron, Paul C. Shure, Felix Sitjar, Carroll Stephens – violin
  • Jesse Ehrlich, Nathan Gershman, Raymond J. Kelley, Victor Sazer – vocals
  • Ronald Coleman, Augie Johnson, Esau Joyner, Michael Miller, Deborah Shotlow, Douglas Thomas – backing vocals

References

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  1. ^ Ronnie Laws: Fever. Blue Note Records. 1976.
  2. ^ "Ronnie Laws: Fever (Top Soul LPs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. ^ a b "Ronnie Laws: Fever". allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 124. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 871. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.