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| Harold in the Land of Jazz |
| Harold Land |
| első megjelenés éve: 1991 |
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| (1991)
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| 3.726 Ft
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| 1. | Speak Low
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| 2. | Delirium
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| 3. | You Don't Know What Love Is
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| 4. | Nieta
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| 5. | Grooveyard
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| 6. | Lydia's Lament
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| 7. | Smack Up
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| 8. | Promised Land [*]
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Jazz
Harold Land - Arranger, Sax (Tenor)
Carl Perkins - Piano
Frank Butler - Drums
Leroy Vinnegar - Bass
Rolf Ericson - Trumpet
* Elmo Hope - Arranger
* Howard Holzer - Engineer
* Lester Koenig - Producer
* Nat Hentoff - Liner Notes
* Roy DuNann - Engineer
In the late 1950s Harold Land earned a reputation as one of the first and most individual hard-bop musicians based in Los Angeles. Until his July 2001 death, he continued to record many "blowing dates", of which this is a typical and invigorating example. Along with standard themes, Land uses original material (his own "Lydia's Lament" and pianist Carl Perkins's "Grooveyard"). This was also one of the few combo recordings made in America by the outstanding Swedish trumpeter Rolf Ericson.
Other than four titles from 1949, this CD reissue has tenor saxophonist Harold Land's first sessions as a leader. Teamed up on the West Coast with trumpeter Rolf Ericson, pianist Carl Perkins, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Frank Butler, Land shows that hard bop was very much alive in Los Angeles in the late '50s. His tone is cooler and softer than it would become later on, but it was already pretty distinctive. Land performs three of his swinging originals, the original version of Perkins' "Grooveyard" (which became a minor standard), an obscurity by Elmo Hope, and the standards "Speak Low" and "You Don't Know What Love Is." The reissue also adds "Promised Land" to the original program. Fine straight-ahead music.
---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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