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| Eastward Ho! - Howard Land in New York |
| Harold Land |
| első megjelenés éve: 1991 |
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| (1991)
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| 3.726 Ft
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| 1. | So in Love
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| 2. | Triple Trouble
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| 3. | Slowly
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| 4. | On a Little Street in Singapore
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| 5. | Okay Blues
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Jazz
Harold Land - Sax (Tenor), Saxophone
Amos Trice - Piano
Clarence Jones - Bass
Joey Peters - Drums
Kenny Dorham - Trumpet
* Chris Albertson - Liner Notes
* Orrin Keepnews - Producer
* Ray Fowler - Engineer
A strong-toned tenor player whose career stretched from the Fifties through the Nineties, Harold Land has an unusual reputation-by-association: he has worked with a great variety of major artists without ever seeming at all outclassed, but without ever achieving star status of his own. Land was the original saxophonist--preceding Sonny Rollins--with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown group, appeared (for one example) on Thelonious Monk's last Riverside album and (for another) had Wes Montgomery for a sideman on his own first Jazzland album (West Coast Blues!/OJC-146). On this, his second album for that label, he stands alongside trumpet giant Kenny Dorham, who coincidentally had been the replacement hired by Roach after Brown's tragic death.
Tenor saxophonist Harold Land and trumpeter Kenny Dorham make for a potent front line on this CD reissue, a superior hard bop set. With an obscure and quietly boppish rhythm section (pianist Amos Trice, bassist Clarence Jones, and drummer Joe Peters) giving suitable backup, Land and Dorham stretch out on five selections, most notably Cole Porter's "So in Love," "On a Little Street in Singapore," and Land's "O.K. Blues," which was dedicated to producer Orrin Keepnews. A fine effort that serves as a strong example of Harold Land's early work.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Harold Land
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 18, 1928 in Houston, TX
Died: Jul 27, 2001
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop
Harold Land is an underrated tenor saxophonist whose tone has hardened with time and whose improvising style after the 1960s became influenced by (but not a copy of) John Coltrane. He grew up in San Diego and started playing tenor when he was 16. After working locally and making his recording debut for Savoy (1949), Land had his first high-profile gig in 1954 when he joined the Clifford BrownMax Roach Quintet. Land performed and recorded with the group until late 1955 when due to family problems he had to return home to Los Angeles (where he has been based ever since). He played with Curtis Counce's band (1956-1958), recorded a pair of memorable albums for Contemporary (1958-1959), led his own groups in the 1960s, and co-led groups with Bobby Hutcherson (1967-1971) and Blue Mitchell (1975-1978). Harold Land continued freelancing around Los Angeles up until his death in 2001. Land recorded as a leader (in addition to Savoy and Contemporary) for such labels as Jazzland, Blue Note, Imperial, Atlantic, Cadet, Mainstream, Concord, Muse, and Postcards. His son, Harold Land, Jr., occasionally played piano with his groups.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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