Fever (Ronnie Laws album) explained

Fever
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ronnie Laws
Cover:	Fever (Ronnie Laws album).jpg
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
Chronology:	Ronnie Laws
Prev Title:	Pressure Sensitive
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Friends & Strangers
Next Year:	1977

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

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

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Ronnie Laws: Fever. 1976. Blue Note Records.
2. Web site: Ronnie Laws: Fever (Top Soul LPs). Billboard. billboard.com.
3. Web site: Ronnie Laws: Fever. allmusic.com.