| Promised Land | ||||
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| Released | March 27, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | August 6, 2000 | |||
| Studio | David Philips Sound Studio, La Jolla, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 55:52 | |||
| Label | Audiophoric APCD JZ-0002 | |||
| Producer | Daniel I. Atkinson | |||
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Promised Land is the final studio album by American hard bop tenor saxophonist Harold Land. [2] The album was recorded in La Jolla, CA and released on 27 March 2001 via Audiophoric label.
David R. Adler of Allmusic wrote "Veteran tenor saxophonist Harold Land returns from a seven-year recording hiatus with Promised Land, featuring Mulgrew Miller on piano, Ray Drummond on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. (Sadly, this would be one of Higgins's last sessions.) One would expect nothing other than beauty and grace from these four revered players, and that's what they deliver, aided by the Audiophoric label's "m-phoric" recording technology, designed to capture live acoustic performance with exceptional fidelity. (You'll need to increase your volume and give your ears a chance to adjust.) There's a bit of Coltrane and Joe Henderson in Land's playing—and perhaps a bit of Charlie Rouse, too, as Monk's "Ugly Beauty" reveals. Miller is in excellent form, dueting with Land on a nine-minute-plus "What's New" and taking crisp, inventive solos throughout. The program is evenly split: three standards and three of Land's fairly straightforward, modal pieces."
A reviewer of All About Jazz stated "Time allows, eventually, the opportunity for self-actualization—one hopes. After a long, under-appreciated career and sparse discography, tenor saxophonist, Harold Land, affirms his stature on this album as an individual stylist. Land’s sound has matured into something distinctly his own—a combination of the swing style of his early career and a full command of Coltrane-inspired “sheets of sound”...Notwithstanding the solid group dynamic between tenor and rhythm section, it is the leader’s voice that prevails throughout this set. Straight-ahead fans will find fulfillment in this album from an often-overlooked jazz veteran." [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Inner Voice" | Land | 8:33 |
| 2. | "Ugly Beauty" | Thelonious Monk | 7:16 |
| 3. | "What's New?" | Bob Haggart, Land | 9:17 |
| 4. | "Dark Mood" | Land | 10:57 |
| 5. | "Like Someone in Love" | Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke | 12:30 |
| 6. | "Mapenzi" | Land | 7:14 |
| Total length: | 55:52 | ||
Harold de Vance Land was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style; often rivalling Clifford Brown's instrumental ability with his own inventive and whimsical solos. His tone was strong and emotional, yet hinted at a certain introspective fragility.
Like Sonny is a posthumous studio album combining two sessions from 1958 and 1960 with jazz musician John Coltrane. The six tracks from November 1958 had been released under Ray Draper's name as A Tuba Jazz on Jubilee Records. The other tracks were recorded by the John Coltrane Quartet in Los Angeles with Billy Higgins on drums and had been released by Roulette in 1962. Only the alternate take of "Exotica" had been unissued.
Feel the Wind is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and drummer Art Blakey recorded in November 1988 and released on the Timeless label. It features performances by Hubbard, Blakey, Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller, Leon Lee Dorsey, Lonnie Plaxico and Javon Jackson. The album was also released in Japan as 70 Years Anniversary: Special Edition Vol. 1.
Music to Ease Your Disease is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, his fifth and final release on the Silverto label, featuring performances by Silver with Clark Terry, Junior Cook, Ray Drummond, and Billy Hart, with vocals by Andy Bey.
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