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Westward Bound! contains previously unissued live recordings of unsung tenor saxophone hero Harold Land from The Penthouse in Seattle from 1962, 1964 and 1965 with stellar musicians including Hampton Hawes, Carmell Jones, Buddy Montgomery and Philly Joe Jones. Released in partnership with the Harold Land Estate. The remastered audio was captured from direct transfers of the original Penthouse’s tape reels. Westward Bound! includes an extensive booklet with rare photos; essays by jazz historian Michael Cuscuna, co-producers Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds, and pianist Eric Reed; plus interviews with tenor saxophone giant Joe Lovano and the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins. The 73 minute, 9-track set is available on CD packaged in gatefold sleeve with a 24 page booklet.
Harold Land was a legendary hard bop/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.
Land was born in Houston and grew up in San Diego. He started playing at the age of 16. He made his first recording as the leader of the Harold Land All-Stars, for Savoy Records in 1949. In 1954 he joined the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, with whom he was at the forefront of the hard-bop/bebop movement. He moved to Los Angeles in 1955 and played with Curtis Counce, led his own groups, and co-led groups with Bobby Hutcherson, Blue Mitchell, and Red Mitchell. From the 1970s onwards his style showed the influence of John Coltrane. In the early 1980s through to the early 1990s he worked regularly with the Timeless All Stars; a group sponsored by the Timeless jazz record label. The group consisted of Land on tenor, Cedar Walton on piano, Buster Williams on bass, Billy Higgins on drums, Curtis Fuller on trombone and Bobby Hutcherson on vibes.
Over his career he was a sideman on albums from Roy Ayers, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Freddie Hubbard, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery, Donald Byrd, Dinah Washington and countless others.
Land was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and joined the UCLA Jazz Studies Program in 1996 to teach instrumental jazz combo. "Harold Land was one of the major contributors in the history of the jazz saxophone," said jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, founder and director of the UCLA Jazz Studies Program. He died in July 2001 at the age of 72.
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released June 18, 2021
Musician Listing:
Harold Land – tenor saxophone
Carmell Jones – trumpet (tracks 1 – 3)
Buddy Montgomery – piano (tracks 1 – 3)
Hampton Hawes – piano (tracks 4, 5)
John Houston – piano (tracks 6 – 9)
Monk Montgomery – bass
Jimmy Lovelace – drums (tracks 1 – 3)
Mel Lee – drums (tracks 4, 5)
Philly Joe Jones – drums (tracks 6 – 9)
Total time: 73:04
All tracks recorded at The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington
Produced by CORY WEEDS and ZEV FELDMAN
Associate Producer: CHARLIE PUZZO JR.
Executive Producer: CORY WEEDS
Sound restoration: DAVE SIKULA
Original Broadcast Producer and Mixer: JIM WILKE
Recorded Live at The Penthouse in Seattle, WA
Tracks 1 – 3 recorded December 12, 1962
Tracks 4 -5 recorded September 17, 1964
Tracks 6 – 9 recorded August 5, 1965
Album Package Editor: SHARON MCINNIS
Art Direction and Design: JOHN SELLARDS
Production Manager: CORY WEEDS
Photo Research: CORY WEEDS and ZEV FELDMAN
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Raymon Torchinsky, Peter Brooks, Zak Shelby-Szyszko, Antone DeSantis
Harold Land was a legendary hard bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his playing with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown band
into a personal, modern style. He made his first recording as the leader of the Harold Land All-Stars for Savoy Records in 1949 and in '54 joined the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet and was at the forefront of the hard-bop/bebop movement....more