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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Harold Land| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date|1928|12|18|mf=y|birth_place = Houston , Texas , United States | death_date = dda|2001|07|27|1928|02|18|mf=y| origin =| instrument = Tenor saxophone | genre = Hard bop Bebop | occupation = Saxophone|Saxophonist Harold de Vance Land (December 18, 1928 & ndash; July 27, 2001) was an United States|American hard bop and post- bebop|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.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6937/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic Biography
Biography
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, California|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 Records|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 ."Cite quote|date=May 2010 Land died in July 2001, from a stroke , at the age of 73. http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2001.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed September 2010
Discography
As leader
Grooveyard (Contemporary) 1958
Harold in the Land of Jazz (Contemporary/OJC) 1958
The Fox (HiFi Jazz/OJC) 1959 with Elmo Hope , DuPree Bolton , Herbie Lewis , and Frank Butler (musician)|Frank Butler .
Eastward Ho! Harold Land in New York Jazzland (OJC) 1960
West Coast Blues! Jazzland (OJC) 1960
Hear Ye! Harold Land Quintet with Red Mitchell (Atlantic) 1961
You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce originally released as Counceltation http://www2.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/Curtis-Counce/ Curtis Counce artist page at Concord Music Group ( Contemporary Records|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)
Essence: The Timeless All Stars ( Delos International|Delos , 1986)
Time For the Timeless All Stars (Early Bird, 1991)
Notes
The progressive rock band Yes (Band)|Yes included a song "Harold Land" on their eponymous Yes (Yes album)|debut album in 1969. In a news/blog post on the 20th of 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.)" http://www.billbruford.com/news/archive.php The song is about the effects of war on the named character, and bears no relation to the life of the sax player.
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External links
http://www.music-city.org/Harold-Land/discography/ Harold Land discography
Find a Grave|5860978
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