Hubert Laws

Hubert Laws is an award-winning and Grammy-nominated flutist and saxophonist whose musical interests run the gamut from classical, jazz, and R&B to pop and Broadway. Laws grew up in Houston, in a musical household. His mother was a singer, his grandfather a musician, and almost all of his siblings -- most notably brother Ronnie Laws -- pursued professional careers in music. Hubert studied piano first, then mellophone, and eventually flute in high school. Between 1954 and 1960 (when he won a scholarship to Julliard), he was a member of the early Jazz Crusaders. During his tim...