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Shouldn't be any heated arguments over this one. Sit down,relax and listen to some tunes. Especially if you have never heard it. T456
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... you could drive a truck through the wide open space between the left and right channels of the stereo version of Midnight Blue without hitting a musician.That's the LP and open reel tape; haven't heard the CD. Best go for the mono, like the You Tube.
I have a great love for Bass Face on Quintessence. Just a caveat: I own both the original 33 1/3 LP on Fantasy and the 45 rpm reissue. Unless you don't have the former, forget the 45. That's IMHO of course.
Midnight Blue is a popular one. When I was visiting an audiophile friend, he whipped out that record ( Music Matters 45s, IIRC ) to show off his system. I coudln't sit through the first track. I politely asked if he has something a wee bit more upbeat with a touch of sharp edge. :)
I also have the Blue Lights but mainly for Andy Warhol cover art. But I love many of his work as a side man. Particularly with Bill Evans.
A Child is Born is my all time favourite late-night chill music. Burell joins in solo from the 2nd verse on. Here Evans's piano as well as snappy Ray Brown's bass provide enough contrasts and textural variations for me to keep me engaged. Plus, I love this tune regardless who's playing, to be honest with ya.. ( written by the Magnificent Thad Jones):)
"Quintessence" is in my Top Five all time favorite jazz recordings. Everyone on it plays superbly, but both Kenny Burrell and Harold Land, an excellent but sometimes overlooked tenor player, are especially good.
What else did he do?
I am not familiar with that tenor at all.
He played on several recordings with the Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet in the mid-1950s; he preceded Sonny Rollins in that group, but left to return to the West Coast.
He made several recordings with Bobby Hutcherson on the Blue Note and Timeless labels, all worth checking out.
I'd also recommend:
Xocia's Dance on Muse
Mapenzi on Concord with Blue Mitchell
Hear Ye! on Atlantic with Red Mitchell
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk on Riverside
Or you can get 6 of his albums, all of them worthy, for less than $20 on that wacky Real Gone Jazz label. (I can usually find Real Gone Jazz reissues at Half Price Books for under $15).
I've always loved the mere sound of Land's saxophone, which almost defined for me what a tenor should sound like.
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Get Harold Land - The Fox..... Land was making records into the 1990s and I have some of them. His early 1990s date, Harold Land with Strings is very nice!
Well Geo, even though Madisonears thinks post like this are brain dead I for one am glad you presented the opportuneity for me to listen to this version of this ever lovely tune. Nice stuff. It's very likely that I would have never come across it in a thousand years if you hadn't put it up for mine and others listening enjoyment. Looking forward to sharing more of this great genre called jazz with you and others in our new Jazz Alley forum. I may have a version of Lazy Afternoon worth posting sans much commentary. I was telling someone last week how little connection of words to music I have found. Words and music are two completely different things,IMHO. Thanks for the post. T456
"The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced."
- Q, 2365
I'm a big Harold Land fan. I have a lotta records he's on, including the Gerald Wilson band LP's. I saw the Hutcherson-Land group live couple times years ago at the Jazz Workshop in Boston, and love the recordings they did together.His playing with Clifford Brown is great too.
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Wow surety, that's some pretty high praise. I'll have to spend some time with this recording. My fav of Evans is "You Must Believe in Spring". T456
"The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced."
- Q, 2365
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