West Coast Blues!

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West Coast Blues!
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Studio album by
Harold Land
Released1960
RecordedMay 17–18, 1960
San Francisco
Genre Jazz
Label Jazzland

West Coast Blues! is a studio album by American tenor saxophonist Harold Land, released in 1960 by Jazzland label. [1]

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According to Scott Yanow of AllMusic: "The music is as well-played and swinging as one would expect from this superior bop group." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Ursula" (Harold Land) – 7:07
  2. "Klactoveedsedstene" (Charlie Parker) – 9:59
  3. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 4:54
  4. "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 6:02
  5. "Terrain" (Land) – 7:46
  6. "Compulsion" (Land) – 6:48

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   978-1-4402-2916-9 . Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 Scott Yanow, West Coast Blues! review, AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 862. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 124. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.

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