Templejazz Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Here's what I do have and like Mapenzi Hubbard's Born to be Blue Medina/Spiral What other sessions as a leader and sideman are excellent? Thanks in advance! - Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Check out the Carmell Jones Mosaic Select , Harold Land is outstanding on the discs he's on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 (edited) THE FOX with Elmo Hope, Frank Butler, Herbie Lewis and the ill-starred Dupree Bolton WEST COAST BLUES with Wes Montgomery, Joe Gordon , Barry Harris, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes If you really like the Land / Hutcherson group on MEDINA / SPIRAL, try to find a copies of TOTAL ECLIPSE and SAN FRANCISCO. TO me, he's the stand-out soloist on Bill Evans' QUINTESSENCE, an "all-stars" date that otherwise doesn't quite come off as well as it should. But worth hearing for Land's playing alone (Kenny Burrell shines, too). Edited June 12, 2003 by Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 I'll second the plug for the Carmell Jones Mosaic Select. I like some of Land's solos here better than on some of his own sessions of the time. Harold in the Land of Jazz is another fine session from the OJC catalog. Very nice Carl Perkins on that one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Don't ignore the Curtis Counce dates. Some great Land on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Most definitely THE FOX. Also try EASTWARD HO! IN NEW YORK, and HAROLD IN THE LAND OF JAZZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Yet another vote for THE FOX!! An essential album. Also West Coast Blues and the Curtis Counce albums (ignore the cover of "You Get More Bounce-" and just buy it.) And what couw said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 'Xocia's Dance' and 'Damisi' are both well worth hearing. These are in the style of the excellent 'Mapenzi' and feature Harold's late-70s and early 80s lineups. Don't forget the gerald Wilson albums either - particularly 'Moment of Truth', 'Portraits' and 'The Golden Sword'. And particular mention too for the lovely tenor-plus-strings album (and swansong) 'A Lazy Afternoon'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templejazz Posted June 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 I picked up this today. Land kicks AZZZZ...I love that tone of his!! Sheldon ain't no slouch either. I'll have to pick up more of these Counce sides, they're pretty hip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 My top ten jazz lps of all time (which changes every week) usually includes The Fox. It is special. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templejazz Posted June 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 My top ten jazz lps of all time (which changes every week) usually includes The Fox. It is special. Eric That's probably gonna be my next pickup. I'm looking forward to hearing more Dupree Bolton as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morganized Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Good recomendations all. My favorite of his solo efforts is HAROLD IN THE LAND OF JAZZ. MAPENZI on the Concord label is worth picking up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Eric That's probably gonna be my next pickup. I'm looking forward to hearing more Dupree Bolton as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 What about "Hear Ye" with Red Mitchell on Atlantic- is this any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 two more nice ones (after, of course, The Fox and the Clifford-Brown-Max-Roach-Quintet): Art Farmer, Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop, 1997 (Monarch), with the solid rhythm section of the unheralded Bill Bell, Rufus Reid and Albert Heath Philly Joe Jones, Drum Songs, 1978 (a recent Fantasy/Milestone twofer including Drum Song and Advance), with Blue Mitchell (his last date?), Slide Hampton, Charles Bowen, Land, Walton and Marc Johnson ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 What about "Hear Ye" with Red Mitchell on Atlantic- is this any good? Yes. Very nice date. You had better like bass solos, however (I myself do, especially if they are by Red Mitchell)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 A superb date with Harold Land has not been mentioned yet: Hampton Hawes' 'For Real' album (Contemporary, still available on OJCCD). Hawes, Scott LaFaro and Frank Butler are the rhythm section. Could not fail to be great. Land was really inspired by his fellow musicians on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Land cut a date for Cadet in 1967, 'The Peacemaker' which featured Bobby Hutcherson along with Joe Sample, Buster Williams and Donald Bailey. I think it's as enjoyable as the best of the Land/Hutcherson Blue Notes, so I stronlgy recommend that anyone who digs those collaborations picks this one up! It's only been out on LP, though, and seems to be rather rare too. I found a not very expensive Japanese LP copy through Early Records - it was reissued in Japan in the 80s - so that may be a way of finding it. I don't expect this album ever to be reissued by Verve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Promised Land is his last recording (along with Billy Higgins) and I highly recommend it -- he redoes Mapenzi on it as well. I wish Sony would reissue the Mainstream dates -- not just Harold Land, who has some great, GREAT stuff on the label, but also dates by Paul Jeffrey, Curtis Fuller, Roy Haynes, and others. A New Shade of Blue is blistering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 I borrowed all three of Harold Land's early 70's Mainstream albums this weekend (long-term loan, I can keep 'em for probably about a year, until I see the guy I borrowed them from again, probably next Thanksgiving). Haven't listened to them yet (I gots no turntable), so they'll have to wait until I can get Spontoonious to burn them for me (hint, hint). What am I in for?? On paper, they all look pretty darn good. Maybe not "change your life" good, but above average for the time, for sure. Also, the AMG says that "Damisi" was reissued on CD, but doesn't mention when (but they do mention two bonus tracks). Anybody know if this is true, and if so - what was the country of origin of the reissue?? (Japan, I'm guessing). Have any of the other three ever seen the light of day on CD?? Anybody have any on them on disc?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJ Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Clunky, to answer your question, that Harold Land/Red Mitchell HEAR YE date is indeed a strong one, worth picking up for sure. Hutcherson and Land made a great combination. I think it worked best on the MEDINA sessions and TOTAL ECLIPSE (my personal fave). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Also, the AMG says that "Damisi" was reissued on CD, but doesn't mention when (but they do mention two bonus tracks). Anybody know if this is true, and if so - what was the country of origin of the reissue?? (Japan, I'm guessing). Have any of the other three ever seen the light of day on CD?? Anybody have any on them on disc?? i own the cd reissue of damisi. my copy was issued by the musical heritage society, a jazz club of sorts from what i understand. this recording was reissued on cd in england and the u.s. by mainstream direct, ltd. in 1991. it does indeed include the two cd-only tracks mentioned by amg. i believe damisi was the only one of the three titles land recorded for mainstream to be reissued on cd. 1972 original lp 1991 cd reissue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 There are at least two other Hutcherson-Land collaborations not mentioned so far (or I missed them in the thread). Neither is out on CD though (again, as far as I know, but I certainly don't think so). Hutcherson is the leader on Cirrus (Blue Note), and Land is the leader on Choma (Burn), which actually I like better. I keep meaning to pick up the Fox, but haven't so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 If the Lord CD-ROM 5 is to be believed, there are *three* CD-only tracks on Damisi: "Dark Mood", "Up And Down", and "Pakistan" - the first was issued on a various artists album Mainstream 1036; the second was issued on the Harold Land LP "Choma (Burn)" Mainstream 344. The last would seem to be the real asset since it wasn't ever issued elsewhere. Or is Lord mistaken - was Pakistan part of the Damisi LP? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 I believe Lord is wrong. Here's an excerpt from Dusty Groove's description of the original lp: "The best cuts are the three long ones on the LP -- "Chocolate Mess", "Damisi", and "Pakistan", which also features Land on oboe, playing in spooky Eastern way." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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