JAZZ AND CLASSICAL COMBINE FOR 'AMERICAN SALUTE'.Byline: Rick Mortensen Staff Writer The dependably versatile flutist Hubert Laws 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 adds new seasoning to Tchaikovsky's ``Romeo and Juliet'' when the soloist helps kick off the California Philharmonic's summer concert series Saturday. Billed as an ``American Salute,'' the concert at Arcadia's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. will include a reading of the gospel staple ``Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" is a well-known Christian hymn. The words were written late in 1772 by Englishman John Newton. They first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns, 1779 that he worked on with William Cowper. ,'' which, like the Tchaikovsky piece, was co-arranged by Laws. A past member of the New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall and has long been considered one of the best orchestras in the world. and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the flutist has long straddled the pop and classical worlds. ``He's a jazz artist who actually has the classical technique of a fine classical player,'' enthused Victor Vener, conductor of the California Philharmonic. Saturday's outdoor season-opener will also feature works by American composers Aaron Copland, Cole Porter Noun 1. Cole Porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) Cole Albert Porter, Porter and Morton Gould. Attempts to merge classical and jazz music - most notably composer-conductor Gunther Schuller's ``third stream'' movement of the 1950s - have drawn mixed reviews. ``A lot of people in the pop or jazz worlds have all the emotion and all the bluesy effects, but if you stopped and asked them to play a C scale, they might not play it perfectly in tune,'' Vener said. Not so with Laws, whom Vener calls ``one of the quintessential crossover artists.'' Laws comes to the California Philharmonic after being impressed with the orchestra's range and Vener's casual remarks during a recital last summer. ``He relates to the audience, he gives them a little history, and that's the kind of rapport I always envisioned should be in that kind of setting,'' the soloist said. CALIFORNIA PHILHARMONIC Where: Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday (doors open 5:30 p.m.). Tickets: $15 to $70. Call (626) 300-8200. (Patrons may bring a picnic or buy food from vendors on site). |
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