Post #360067 by BC-Da-Da on Fri, Feb 8, 2008 11:27 AM

Hubert Laws cut most of his albums about the same period that Charles Lloyd did, so obviously there is going to be some fushion going on. If you want it to be closer to the bebop and cool jazz era, like I said, go with the Hubert Laws from the early '60s on Atlantic Records. That is good shit.

With the '50s flute jazz albums, they are more deep groove -- urban, lusty, heady, intellectual, swingin'. I like them all the more because the mood is so subtle. There's some great bossa nova with flute from the 1953 Laurindo Almeida/Bud Shank album "Brazilliance." I guess it all depends on taste. Herbie Mann cut some '50s albums that have a Blue Note feel to them, which is to say, hot jazz.

Also, as much as I love bossa nova and '60s Latin jazz, the '50s Latin jazz has a really sensual and vibrant feel to it. For some people, those cha-cha-cha and marengue albums don't do it for them. Not placcid and easy enough for them. But I love 'em. Xavier Cugat, Jack Costanzo, Don Tosti and Eddie Cano... some of that sounds like rock n' roll to my ears. Not too far off from surf instrumentals like "Border Town" by Eddie & the Showmen or "Latin'ia" by the Sentinals. Just without the guitar.