Say It with Silence

{{Short description|1978 studio album}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Say It With Silence

| type = Album

| artist = Hubert Laws

| cover = Say It With Silence.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1978

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| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Columbia

| producer = Hubert Laws, Ronnie Laws

| prev_title = Then There Was Light, Volume 2

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Land of Passion

| next_year = 1979

}}

Say It with Silence is an album by American flute player Hubert Laws released in 1978 via Columbia Records.{{cite AV media notes|title=Say It With Silence|author=Hubert Laws|type=album|date=1978|publisher=Columbia Records}} The album was produced by Hubert and Ronnie Laws.{{Cite news |date=1978-04-29 |title=Record Review - Lou Reed, Bonnie Bramlett, Heart, Hubert Laws |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-record-review-lou-re/174543316/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The Anniston Star |pages=37}} The album peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs chart.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1978/1978-06-10-Billboard-Page-0054.pdf#search=%22hubert%20laws%22

|title=Top Jazz LPs|date=June 10, 1978|page=54|magazine=Billboard|via=worldradiohistory.com|access-date=May 9, 2025}}{{Cite news |date=1978-06-25 |title=Records - Fresh Flute, Hubert Laws has a sensuous sound, SAY IT WITH SILENCE |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbus-ledger-records-fresh-flut/174543627/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The Columbus Ledger |pages=61}}{{Cite news |date=1978-06-02 |title=Berkeley Jazz Festival Successful By John Carrico Jr. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nevada-state-journal-berkeley-jazz-festi/174543737/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=Nevada State Journal |pages=25}}{{Cite news |date=1978-03-05 |title=Fluting the Laws of Music - By Leonard Feather |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-fluting-the-laws-o/174543466/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=495}}{{Cite news |date=1978-12-21 |title=High Notes of Rhythm, Blues - Music By Mel Assagai |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-high-notes-of-rhythm/174543900/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=73}}

Laws toured in support of the album, opening his set at the Berkeley Jazz Festival with "The Baron."{{Cite news |date=1981-04-09 |title=Hubert Laws Has Talent Running Through His Veins! By Teresa Burns, Post Staff Writer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-post-hubert-laws-has-talen/174543361/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The Charlotte Post |pages=17}}