Fever (Ronnie Laws album)

Fever
Fever
Studio album by Ronnie Laws
Released	1976; 1992 (re-release)
Recorded	December 26 & 29, 1975, January 16, 1976 and February–March, 1976
Studio	Total Experience Recording Studios; (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:02
Label	Blue Note
Producer	George Butler
Ronnie Laws chronology

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]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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[]

All compositions by Ronnie Laws except as indicated

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

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

Personnel[]

Ronnie Laws - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Donald Hepburn, Michael Hepburn, Bobby Lyle - electric 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[]

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

[Album-1] Ronnie Laws: Fever. Blue Note Records. 1976.

[2] "Ronnie Laws: Fever (Top Soul LPs)". billboard.com. Billboard.

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ronnie Laws: Fever". allmusic.com.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 124. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 871. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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