Harold Land

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• 4 1/2 STARS DOWNBEAT

This release presents Harold Land’s complete original 1959 quintet album The Fox (Contemporary S7619), which pairs the saxophonist with the great Elmo Hope on piano and the brilliant and enigmatic trumpeter Dupree Bolton, who would never record again with Land. Take Aim (Blue Note 1057), recorded the following year, has been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• [1-6] THE FOX
• HAROLD LAND, tenor sax
• DUPREE BOLTON, trumpet
• ELMO HOPE, piano
• HERBIE LEWIS, bass
• FRANK BUTLER, drums
• Los Angeles, California, August 1959.

• [7-12] BONUS ALBUM: TAKE AIM
• HAROLD LAND, tenor sax
• MARTIN BANKS, trumpet
• AMOS TRICE, piano
• CLARENCE JONES,bass
• LEON PETTIES, drums
• Los Angeles, California, July 25, 1960.

TRACKS:

• 01. The Fox
• 02. Mirror-Mind Rose
• 03. One Second, Please
• 04. Sims A-Plenty
• 05. Little Chris
• 06. One Down
• 07. As You Like It
• 08. Take Aim
• 09. Land Of Peace
• 10. Reflections
• 11. Blue Nellie
• 12. You’re My Thrill

• Total Time: 73:31