1960 studio album by Harold Land
The Fox is a 1960 album by Harold Land , originally released on the Hifijazz label and reissued by Contemporary in 1969 and on CD by Original Jazz Classics in 1991. The album features trumpeter Dupree Bolton .[1]
Reception
AllMusic 's Scott Yanow described the album as an "excellent straight-ahead quintet set" and "high-quality hard bop".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz rates the album three and a half stars and describes Land as an "underrated composer with a deep feeling for the blues" and states that The Fox , "tricky and fugitive as much of it is, must be thought his finest moment".[4]
Track listing
"The Fox" (Land) 5:36
"Mirror Mind Rose" (Hope) 6:32
"One Second, Please" (Hope) 5:51
"Sims A-Plenty" (Hope) 6:17
"Little Chris" (Land) 5:10
"One Down" (Hope) 7:23
Personnel
See also
References
^ Gioia, Ted: In Search of Dupree Bolton April, 2009 (retrieved 5/15/2013)
^ a b AllMusic review
^ Gkeason, Ralph J. (26 May 1960). "Harold Land: The Fox ". DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 11. p. 32.
^ a b Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (6th Ed.) Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140515213
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 124. ISBN 0-394-72643-X .
^ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 512. Retrieved 3 December 2019 .
^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Harold Land". Tom Hull . Retrieved 10 July 2020 .
The year(s) indicated apply to the recording(s), not the first release.
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