Harold Land - Eastward Ho! Harold Land in New York

A recent special on Jazz Workshop LPs prompted me to grab a few, of which this is one.

This 1960 release features Land on tenor sax, Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Amos Trice (piano), Clarence Jones (bass), and Joe Peters (drums), playing a nice set of hard bop.

The Spain-based Jazz Workshop mastering/pressing seems great, flat, centered, quiet. Hooray for $19!

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HaroldLand

Bobby Hutcherson - "Total Eclipse" (1969)

Goofy looking cover for a stellar recording. Features #HaroldLand #ChickCorea #ReggieJohnson #JoeChambers

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQ6PfO4Z-aGBl6o_DZldzwF6SN_BSwSvE

#NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #BlueNote #BlueNoteRecords #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1973 - Saxophone Giants - Jazz Showcase - Chicago

Gene Ammons, James Moody, Harold Land (sax), Eddie Jefferson (voc), Rufus Reid (b), Billy James (dr), Stu Katz (p)

#jazz #GeneAmmons #JamesMoody #HaroldLand #EddieJefferson

Bobby Hutcherson - "Medina" (1980)

#NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #HaroldLand #StanleyCowell #ReggieJohnson #JoeChambers #BlueNote #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/NToAHn4_OEA

Choma (Burn) is an album by American saxophonist Harold Land recorded in 1971 for the Mainstream label.

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, calling it a "Solid early '70s date".[2] Choma (Burn) was re-released by WeWantSounds in 2024. The reviewer for The Wire wrote that it was "a more commercial mix of funk and modal jazz characteristic of their 70s quintet" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjq8cfz28kE&list=RDBjq8cfz28kE&start_radio=1

#haroldland #mainstreamrecords #modaljazz #bobbyhutcherson #bobshad

A New Shade of Blue is an album recorded by American saxophonist Harold Land in 1971 for the Mainstream label.

A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated "An overlooked chapter in the Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson partnership that recorded more famously for Blue Note – a date that's issued here under the tenorist's own name, but which also features equal contributions from Hutcherson on vibes! Tracks have that long, modal quality that has the pair almost birthing a whole new generation in jazz expression – a style that's more sophisticated than earlier soul jazz, yet equally soulful in its own sort of way – aware of all the freedoms of the avant scene, yet never fully indulgent of them – and always guided by a spirit set loose by Coltrane, but in ways that are very different than so many others in the post-Coltrane generation!" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKorBgIh_OI

#haroldland #bobbyhutcherson #mainstreamrecords #bobshad #mtume

The Peace-Maker is an album by American saxophonist Harold Land recorded in late 1967 and early 1968 for the Cadet label.

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "one of the finest if little-known jazz LPs of its era. The Peace-Maker is a particularly apt title. The record's serene, supple contours glow with a lyricism that eschews the angularity of bop." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4YC-Yz53Bw&list=OLAK5uy_kMYY050FdXYxyh6cejCn8K8GtJmgFbRvY

#haroldland #bobbyhutcherson #joesample #hardbop #spiritualjazz

Hear Ye! is an album by the Red Mitchell-Harold Land Quintet recorded in 1961 and released on the Atlantic label.

Hear Ye! Review by Scott Yanow

In the early '60s, bassist Red Mitchell and tenor saxophonist Harold Land co-led a quintet in Los Angeles. The group did not catch on but they did record one Atlantic set that has been reissued on CD. In addition to the co-leaders, the quintet included trumpeter Carmell Jones, pianist Frank Strazzeri, and drummer Leon Pettis, and, although their original program of six songs was comprised entirely of group originals, the music falls easily into the hard bop area with plenty of fine solos and swinging ensembles. The CD reissue adds two previously unreleased tracks including a lone standard, "I'm Old Fashioned." This is a fine effort from a group that deserved greater recognition at the time.

#haroldland #redmitchell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3vtNusQBYM&list=PLlzaF29eaZtp8V6vZmANl9HjiJaFgRBSb&index=1