Harold Land

[Soulstation1]

i finally d/l this from emusic

any fav songs??

i know people have this one

this one is always in" the now listening to" thread

i burned the fox with west coast blues

Edited August 24, 2005 by Soulstation1

[catesta]

The title track is probably my favorite.

The whole cd kicks ass.

[Bright Moments]

The title track is probably my favorite.

The whole cd kicks ass.

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indeed!!!

[jlhoots]

The title track is probably my favorite.

The whole cd kicks ass.

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indeed!!!

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For sure.

Dupree Bolton - yikes!!

[Jim R]

Great album. Here's the original Hi Fi Jazz cover...

(note the colored-in area where a price sticker was torn off... I think that could have been MY copy! )

[sidewinder]

I've got a Hi Fi Jazz of this one. Love the cover - very fine album. Subsequently reissued on Contemporary just like the Elmo Hope Trio, I believe.

[Alexander Hawkins]

I forget the name, but the (Hope-penned, IIRC) ballad is awesome. I think it highlights a kinship between Hope and Andrew Hill.

Dupree Bolton...wow! Fire.

[Eric]

The title track is probably my favorite.

The whole cd kicks ass.

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Completely agree!!!

[Brandon Burke]

This LP pretty much rules all the way through.

As a sidenote, on the day that I brought it home (i.e. the first time I ever played it) my record player was still on 45rpm from the last thing I had listened to earlier in the day. Those of you who are already familiar with this record know that the title track is already a scorcher. Well... imagine it at half-again its original speed! I remember thinking to myself, "son of a b*tch, that's fast!" Then, of course, I went back into the other room, took a peek at the table, and went, "oh..".

(I still play it at 45rpm every once in a while.)

[Kalo]

Great album.  Here's the original Hi Fi Jazz cover...

(note the colored-in area where a price sticker was torn off...  I think that could have been MY copy!  )

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Cool! I've never seen that before.

What a great album! Harold, Dupree, and Elmo playing some truly "tuff ass" jazz.....

Time to pull this baby out once again.

[Kalo]

I forget the name, but the (Hope-penned, IIRC) ballad is awesome. I think it highlights a kinship between Hope and Andrew Hill.

Dupree Bolton...wow! Fire.

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Hope's ballad, "Mirror-Mind Rose," is very beautiful.

I hear the Hill parallels, too.

Bolton is like a cross between Clifford Brown and a flame-thrower.

I'll have to listen to this twice in a row, because once is not enough.

[Alexander Hawkins]

Bolton is like a cross between Clifford Brown and a flame-thrower.

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Damn straight!

[BruceH]

I love this album, but I've gotta admit, I prefer the re-issue cover to the original.

[ValerieB]

they had a well-deserved tribute to harold land jazz festival in l.a. a couple of weekends ago!

[clifford_thornton]

It is great, and yeah, I'd rather look at Landslide's mug than that mudpie on the original. I don't think the HiFi pressing is that expensive either - probably because it's so gawd-awful...

[sidewinder]

I love mud-pies

For sure, HiFi Jazz did spare the expense when it came to their pressings. Blue Note it aint.

Edited August 31, 2005 by sidewinder

[medjuck]

I think if you get The Fox and Katanga you've got the complete recordings of Dupree Bolton.

[Kalo]

I love this album, but I've gotta admit, I prefer the re-issue cover to the original.

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I can't say I disagree with you, but it is cool to see the original.

I think if you get The Fox and Katanga you've got the complete recordings of Dupree Bolton.

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Well, then at least I have someone's complete recordings!

I've been listening to this a lot lately, and it only enhances my opinion of all those involved. Especially Elmo Hope!

Damn fine album.

[Michael Fitzgerald]

No, there's Dupree Bolton to be heard with Benny Carter's big band in the mid 1940s and some Buddy Johnson from slightly earlier. I was just listening to one of the Buddy Johnson live things the other day.

Mike

[Kalo]

No, there's Dupree Bolton to be heard with Benny Carter's big band in the mid 1940s and some Buddy Johnson from slightly earlier. I was just listening to one of the Buddy Johnson live things the other day.

Mike

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Ah, well. (dejected fingersnap.)

I knew there just had to be more.

Candidate for a far future Mosaic?

[Chuck Nessa]

It is great, and yeah, I'd rather look at Landslide's mug than that mudpie on the original. I don't think the HiFi pressing is that expensive either - probably because it's so gawd-awful...

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I used to have a stereo HiFi and the pressing was wonderful. I upset Lester Koenig by mentioning I preferred the original mastering to the Contemporary reissue. I did think the image was sharper and the highs were crisper.

Ed Michel told me Les was irritated for days.

[Kalo]

Seriously, Mike. Anything of much substance on those early recordings? Or was he just part of the ensemble?

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Some solos. It's a 1945 big band. No one gets a ton of space.

Mike

[BruceH]

No, there's Dupree Bolton to be heard with Benny Carter's big band in the mid 1940s and some Buddy Johnson from slightly earlier. I was just listening to one of the Buddy Johnson live things the other day.

Mike

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Somebody always has to spoil the party. There goes my "I have the complete recordings of Dupree Bolton!" bumper sticker.

Oh well...

[BruceH]

Seriously, after listening to The Fox again, I went through my (no doubt incomplete) collection of Curtis Counce Group records. Aways a pleasure. Frank Butler!