Ronnie Laws
Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Laws (born October 3, 1950, Houston, Texas) is an American jazz, rhythm and blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws and the older brother of Debra Laws.
Biography
Laws is the fifth of eight children born to Hubert Laws, Sr. and Miola Luverta Donahue.
Laws attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, for two years. In 1972, Laws joined the fledgling group Earth, Wind & Fire, playing saxophone and flute on their album Last Days and Time. He left the band soon afterwards, long before they achieved their commercial success.
In 1975, he began his solo career with the album Pressure Sensitive, which yielded his most famous instrumental song, "Always There." The song became an instant jazz-funk classic, covered by numerous artists.
In 1978 he released the album titled Flame under United Artists Records and from it a 12" single was released called "All for You," as well as additional tracks (from previous albums) entitled "Let's Keep it Together" and "Nuthin' 'bout Nuthin." The 12" single was his first issued in the UK as well as the US, and paved the way for this format to be used for promoting artists' work at the time without the need to obtain the full LP.
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ALBUMS
- Friends and Strangers + Flame released: 2010
- Voices in the Water released: 2009
- Solid Ground released: 2008
- Mr. Nice Guy released: 2004
- Everlasting released: 2004
- Dream a Little released: 2000
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: Smooth Jazz released: 2000
- Pressure released: 1995
- Pressure Sensitive released: 1995
- In the Groove released: 1995
- Pressure released: 1995
- Deep Soul released: 1993
- Fever released: 1993
- Brotherhood released: 1993
- The Best of Ronnie Laws released: 1992
- Classic Masters released: 1984
- Every Generation released: 1980
- Flame released: 1978
- Friends and Strangers released: 1977
- Pressure Sensitive released: 1975
- Tribute to the Legendary Eddie Harris released:
