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Harold De Vance Land December 18 1928 – July 27 2001 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. His Tone Was Strong And Emotional Yet Displayed A Certain Fragility That Made Him Easy To Recognize. 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. Because Of Family Problems He Moved To Los Angeles In 1955. There He 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. Land Also Toured With His Own Band During This Time Often Including His Son On Piano And Usually Featuring Bobby Hutcherson And Billy Higgins As Well. During These Years He Played Regularly At Hop Singhs In Marina Del Rey In The L.A Area And The Keystone Korner In San Francisco.
Land Was A Professor At The University Of California Los Angeles. He Joined The UCLA Jazz Studies Program As A Lecturer 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 Was A Vital And Well-Loved Member Of The Jazz Faculty Here At UCLA."
Land Died In July 2001 From A Stroke At The Age Of 73.
The Progressive Rock Band Yes Included A Song "Harold Land" On Their Eponymous Debut Album In 1969. In A News/blog Post On 20 September 2010 Bill Bruford Commented About The Song - "Harold Land Was A Hard-Bop Tenor Saxophone Player Dead Now But Quite Why We Named A Song After Him I Can’t Remember." Discography As Leader 1958 Grooveyard Contemporary 1958 Harold In The Land Of Jazz Contemporary/OJC 1959 The Fox HiFi Jazz/OJC With Elmo Hope DuPree Bolton Herbie Lewis Frank Butler
1960 West Coast Blues! Jazzland 1960 Eastward Ho! Harold Land In New York Jazzland 1961 Hear Ye! Harold Land Quintet With Red Mitchell Atlantic 1967 The Peace-Maker Cadet 1969 Take Aim Blue Note 1971 Jazz Impressions Of Folk Music Imperial 1971 A New Shade Of Blue Mainstream 1971 Choma To Burn Mainstream 1977 Damisi Mainstream 1977 Mapenzi With Blue Mitchell Concord Jazz 1981 Xocia’s Dance Muse 1995 A Lazy Afternoon Postcards Records 2001 Promised Land Audiophoric As Sideman With Clifford Brown And Max Roach
Jam Session EmArcy 1954 - With Maynard Ferguson And Clark Terry
Brown And Roach Incorporated EmArcy 1954 Daahoud Mainstream 1954 1973 Clifford Brown & Max Roach EmArcy 1954–55 Study In Brown EmArcy 1955 With Curtis Counce
You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce Originally Released As Counceltation 4 Contemporary 1956 Landslide Contemporary 1956 Sonority Contemporary 1958 Exploring The Future Dooto 1958 Carl's Blues Contemporary 1960 - Recorded 1957 With Ella Fitzgerald
Things Ain't What They Used To Be And You Better Believe It 1969 With Bill Evans
Quintessence Fantasy Records 1976 With Chico Hamilton
Chic Chic Chico Impulse! 1965 With Hampton Hawes
Universe Prestige 1972 With Elmo Hope
The Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land Pacific Jazz 1957 With Bobby Hutcherson
Medina Blue Note 1969 Total Eclipse Blue Note 1968 Blow Up Blue Note 1969 Now! Blue Note 1969 San Francisco Blue Note 1970 Head On Blue Note 1971 Cirrus Blue Note 1974 Inner Glow Blue Note 1975 With Blue Mitchell
African Violet Impulse! 1977 Summer Soft Impulse! 1978 With Donald Byrd
Ethiopian Knights Blue Note 1971 With Hampton Hawes
For Real! Contemporary 1958 With Timeless All Stars Cedar Walton Curtis Fuller Bobby Hutcherson Buster Williams Billy Higgins It's Timeless Timeless 1982 Timeless Heart Timeless 1983 Essence The Timeless All Stars Delos 1986 Time For The Timeless All Stars Early Bird Records 1991 read less