The Peace-Maker

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The Peace-Maker
The Peace-Maker.jpg
Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedDecember 11, 1967 and February 26, 1968
StudioAnnex Studios, Hollywood
Genre Jazz
Label Cadet
LPS 813
Producer Richard L. Evans
Harold Land chronology
Jazz Impressions of Folk Music
(1963)
The Peace-Maker
(1968)
San Francisco
(1971)

The Peace-Maker is an album by American saxophonist Harold Land recorded in late 1967 and early 1968 for the Cadet label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

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." [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Harold Land except as indicated

  1. "The Peace-Maker" – 5:10
  2. "Stylin'" – 3:34
  3. "40 Love" – 5:15
  4. "Angel Dance" – 3:57
  5. "Timetable" – 4:15
  6. "Imagine" (Francis Lai, Sammy Cahn) – 3:22
  7. "The Aquarian" – 5:25
  8. "One for Nini" – 4:57

Personnel

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References

  1. Harold Land discography accessed August 13, 2014
  2. 1 2 Ankeny, J., Allmusic listing accessed August 13, 2014
  3. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 512. Retrieved 3 December 2019.