Ronnie Laws, Pressure – Pressure Sensitive (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1975

Pressure Sensitive is an LP by Ronnie Laws, Pressure from 1975 released on the Blue Note label.

About this album

Pressure Sensitive is a polished soul-jazz debut that introduced Ronnie Laws as a major new saxophonist. Released in 1975, the album blends silky jazz phrasing with R&B grooves and a laid-back West Coast feel, giving Laws a distinctive sound that helped define smooth jazz before the term fully took hold. The record’s standout “Always There” became his best-known song and a jazz-funk favourite, while the rest of the album shows the confidence of a young artist already shaping a clear, commercial yet musically assured identity. It remains one of the key titles in 1970s crossover jazz.