A stellar crew to be sure . When I started seeing Kenny Burrell in LA (early 70's) Reggie Johnson was his regular bassist . And Stanley Cowell has been my absolute fav pianist fo a very long time . And Harold Land was the coolest , most laid back saxophonist ever . Just listen to what he did with Clifford Brown . Enjoy !
Love the tone Harold got on his horn. Very distinctive. Love this tune, too. Wish I could have seen them perform this. Fortunately, I was able to see both Bobby (several times) and Harold (once). RIP Bobby and RIP Harold and thanx for all the great music.
This really takes me back to my childhood, Bobby would bring me to the lighthouse in Santa Monica and I’d watch them all play, Harold Land was like a father also, I always loved watching Joe Chambers, so exiting dynamite group❤️🔥
One of 3 important groups featuring the precision, lightning fast tenor of Harold Land (named the best tenor improviser on either coast by Victor Feldman and Carmel Jones). He was on all the Clifford Brown-Max Roach recordings, shadowing Brownie note for note, until he left and Rollins replaced him for the last one. Then he spearheaded the most underrated Curtis Counce Quintet (Frank Butler, Carl Perkins, Jack Sheldon). And next the Land-Hutcherson group. Their LP, "San Francisco," mistitled everyone of the tunes on the session. Along with Mobley, Tina Brooks, and several others, the most underrated tenor player in jazz.
Glad you mentioned the Curtis Counce Quintet, a very important & underrated group of the mid '50's. The pianist Carl Perkins was a genius but sadly forgotten.
I disagree about Tina Brooks being the most underrated tenor in jazz history. That title goes to Booker Ervin by the widest of margins in my humble opinion.
Imho As gifted as Harold was I think he was very under_rated. I think that he was overshadowed by tenor players with more exposure i.e. John Coltrane, George Coleman, Stanley Turrentine
@geo mcfet Harold Land left Clifford Brown to take care of his ailing mother in California. Had he stayed with Brown and Roach, continuing wider exposure might well have made a difference in his career.
I was on a Harold Land kick this morning, August 16, 2016. I shared several tunes from the Bobby Hutcherson - Harold Land Quintet, before hearing that Bobby Hutcherson had passed - a great loss...
Several critics and musicians in the 1950s called Harold Land the best tenor alive. He shadowed the prodigious Clifford Brown note for note before splitting for California and making music easily rivaling Miles' Quintet. It was the peerless Curtis Counce Quintet with the inimitable Carl Perkins on piano, Frank Butler drums, and a Jack Sheldon who outshone Dorham, Farmer, Miles thanks to Harold's influence. He solos with dynamic sensitivity and melodic logic matched by none.
I'm glad that you like Harold Land. Fine player, but your comments are absurd. Jack Sheldon "outshone" Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer and Miles Davis?? What you been smoking?
I didn't know that Harold came from the old school. In my mind, he was among the finest exponents of bop/post bop. Bobby's work here is curiously magical.
Many have forgotten how Bobby helped transform Harold into the new language. It was a magical association. Young man Bobby brings along with him the old master!
Think youve got that mixed up, should be other way round,Get onto those sounds that Harold created with Hampton Hawes - in the 60"s You may mean the writing is a little bit more modern, Have a listen to Hip,
@@terencepope275 It was Bobby who in the early and mid-sixties appeared on recordings and in live performances with such avant players as Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Jackie McLean, and Grachan Moncur III among others. I was present at discussions in which members of his previous quintet questioned his decision to co-lead a group with the older Harold Land. But it seems Bobby knew that Harold was ready to explore new territories.
This video just proves what I've thought for a long time : that Hutcherson is the most gifted and influential vibist of this modern age . Try to imagine Lionel listening to this _ _ he'd have been blown away _ _ never to return . Have a great day all of yooz !
Thanks for this video of a great group with two masters.Not everything came from the east coast..a beautiful group!!!..my nephew miles played and studied with harold at ucla los angeles also with billy higgins. Said they were both wonderful teachers. Bobby was two years ahead of me in high school (john muir) in pasadena. He always had that open relaxed yet driving sound from southern california . Both artists are sorely missed!
Great to come across this and see these guys playing. Top group. I have had the "Total Eclipse" album, on which this piece appears, for decades. The piece is dedicated to the South African Afrikaner politician, Barry Herzog.
Land and Mobley should be enshrined. Mobley was the singer, reaching inside himself for new inventions on familiar chord changes. Land was the sculptor, bringing unreal skills and perspective to the creation of new forms. He began to lose that frightening technical edge about 1980. Cowell could do anything, and is key to the success of the best album of the '70s: Clifford Jordan's "Glass Bead Games." Listen to him adapt here. You'll never hear music like this on any RVG session.
I object to that dig at Rudy's recordings. Rudy recorded hundreds of superb sessions. In particular, he recorded Bobby Hutcherson for Blue Note. That label also recorded Bobby at other locations (e.g. the "Total Eclipse" album) and the sound was not as good as Rudy got.
Herzog definitely a favorite. Before RUclips wasn't aware of how long and extensive the association was between Harold and Bobby. Apparently Bobby participated on several of Harold's albums. Their ventures together were/are musically tasteful. Harold deserved greater recognition than he got. After one listens to Total Eclipse one must really listen to Harold's albums. Anyone know who the pianist is on the video?
To anyone watching this video, i urge you to go listen to “The Creators” from Bobby and Harold as well, but not the album song. It is a live performance without video from Ljubljana with bill Evan’s and Eddie Gomez joining them and it is easy to find on RUclips. 2 mins in, Harold Land does what is in my opinion one of the best non Coltrane tenor solos of all time. Pls watch it it will benefit ur life.
ONE OF THE GREAT BASS MUSICIANS OF HIS GENERATION, REGGIE JOHNSON IS AS GOOD AN ACCOMPANYING MUSICIAN AS HE IS A SOLOIST, WHERE HIS PERSONAL, ROUND-UP SOUND AND STEADY SENSE OF TIME CAN BE APPRECIATED. JOHNSON'S MAJOR INFLUENCES ARE: OSCAR PETTIFORD, RAY BROWN, PAUL CHAMBERS AND RON CARTER.
I had a brilliant piano teacher who earlier in his career had a gig with Hutcherson and was offered the job as his pianist but there was a catch that being herion use in the band. So he didn't couldn't take the gig. I think it greatly affected the trajectory of his career even his music.
superbe équipe, quel titre !! lolesque le montage sur le solo de Bobby on aurait dit que le monteur tapait aussi sur son clavier avec des mailloches !!
Is this from Antibes 1969? It sure sounds like the recording I have. It's the same band, so if it's not from that recording then it's very likely from the same European tour. Crazy great stuff. Is there any more of this?
That sure looks like Stanley Cowell!!! That's what I was thinking and was scrolling through the comments to find confirmation and came across your comment!
Reggie Johnson, Stanley Cowell-p, Joe Chambers-dr Heard the band 1970 live, only Hal Galper replacing Cowell. Was one of the best concerts I heard in that times and ever.
Land sounds a bit like Wayne Shorter in his Miles band period here. He was a great player. He made one duff album which I think is called something like Harold in the land of folk song. With tunes like Foggy Dew. Great playing but crap concept.
I'm probably part of a minority that doesn't understand all the hype over Harold Land. I find his solos are mostly uninventive and his phrasing seems to take small nibbles at an musical idea before disappearing without any sense of direction. I've listened to several of his recordings such as West Coast Blues! with Wes Montgomery but my opinion remains unchanged. Anyone care to convince me how wrong I am?
Listen to his work in the 50s with Brown-Roach Inc, and also seek out the absolutely gorgeous "The Peace-Maker" on Cadet from 1968, a quintet session with Bobby, Joe Sample, Buster Williams and Donald Bailey. If you still can't appreciate him after all that, I don't know what to tell ya...
Give Poor People's March off Spiral a try. Harold not only does a tasty short solo, but he also has a way with phrasing with Bobby. They just meld together on harmonies together so well, even small little breath pauses, dynamics, everything. And dang, the bottom line is he just has a beautiful tone on that tenor. Poor People's March was always one of my favorites of Bobby's. It's the YT I went straight to when I heard the crushing news about Bobby's passing. It used to put shivers up my spine. But a couple weeks ago, in addition to the shivers, it also made tears flow. RIP Bobby.
Another great example of how modern jazz got better at the hands of Bobby Hutcherson.
Bobby Hutcherson-vibes; Harold Land-tenor; Stanley Cowell-piano; Reggie Johnson-bass; Joe Chambers-drums.
Thanks
A stellar crew to be sure . When I started seeing Kenny Burrell in LA (early 70's) Reggie Johnson was his regular bassist . And Stanley Cowell has been my absolute
fav pianist fo a very long time . And Harold Land was the coolest , most laid back saxophonist ever . Just listen to what he did with Clifford Brown . Enjoy !
What a band. Harold and Bobby were made for each other.
Just go ahead and speak the truth, brother!
A hearty amen to that !
these cats take no prisoners these guys do not compromise . the definition of swing. this is how its done .
Hard swinging!
Love the tone Harold got on his horn. Very distinctive. Love this tune, too. Wish I could have seen them perform this. Fortunately, I was able to see both Bobby (several times) and Harold (once).
RIP Bobby and RIP Harold and thanx for all the great music.
Joe Chambers, one of my favorite drummers.
This really takes me back to my childhood, Bobby would bring me to the lighthouse in Santa Monica and I’d watch them all play, Harold Land was like a father also, I always loved watching Joe Chambers, so exiting dynamite group❤️🔥
The Lighthouse in Santa Monica??
Even though this from the past, it is the sound of a bright and clear future
wow i forgot how brilliant Bobby played . A master , definitely underrated
One of 3 important groups featuring the precision, lightning fast tenor of Harold Land (named the best tenor improviser on either coast by Victor Feldman and Carmel Jones). He was on all the Clifford Brown-Max Roach recordings, shadowing Brownie note for note, until he left and Rollins replaced him for the last one. Then he spearheaded the most underrated Curtis Counce Quintet (Frank Butler, Carl Perkins, Jack Sheldon). And next the Land-Hutcherson group. Their LP, "San Francisco," mistitled everyone of the tunes on the session. Along with Mobley, Tina Brooks, and several others, the most underrated tenor player in jazz.
Harold was an excellent player, but Victor and Carmel's comment is absurd.
Glad you mentioned the Curtis Counce Quintet, a very important & underrated group of the mid '50's. The pianist Carl Perkins was a genius but sadly forgotten.
I disagree about Tina Brooks being the most underrated tenor in jazz history. That title goes to Booker Ervin by the widest of margins in my humble opinion.
Imho As gifted as Harold was I think he was very under_rated. I think that he was overshadowed by tenor players with more exposure i.e. John Coltrane, George Coleman, Stanley Turrentine
@geo mcfet Harold Land left Clifford Brown to take care of his ailing mother in California. Had he stayed with Brown and Roach, continuing wider exposure might well have made a difference in his career.
I was on a Harold Land kick this morning, August 16, 2016. I shared several tunes from the Bobby Hutcherson - Harold Land Quintet, before hearing that Bobby Hutcherson had passed - a great loss...
Any views about Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land - UCLA 27 September 1981 (2017)?
(Tks in advance)
Several critics and musicians in the 1950s called Harold Land the best tenor alive. He shadowed the prodigious Clifford Brown note for note before splitting for California and making music easily rivaling Miles' Quintet. It was the peerless Curtis Counce Quintet with the inimitable Carl Perkins on piano, Frank Butler drums, and a Jack Sheldon who outshone Dorham, Farmer, Miles thanks to Harold's influence. He solos with dynamic sensitivity and melodic logic matched by none.
I'm glad that you like Harold Land. Fine player, but your comments are absurd. Jack Sheldon "outshone" Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer and Miles Davis?? What you been smoking?
Is this the same JACK SHELDON from 'RUN, BUDDY, RUN'?! OH HELL NO!
RIP Bobby Hutcherson
What a band! Bobby H., Harold L., Stanley Cowell, p, Reggie Johnson, b, Joe Chambers d!
I didn't know that Harold came from the old school. In my mind, he was among the finest exponents of bop/post bop. Bobby's work here is curiously magical.
I used to lay on the floor in front of the stereo and listen to this. Great duo
Many have forgotten how Bobby helped transform Harold into the new language.
It was a magical association. Young man Bobby brings along with him the old master!
The two of them were fabulous together; one of the highlights of modern jazz; together and separately they're sorely missed...
Indeed!
Think youve got that mixed up, should be other way round,Get onto those sounds that Harold created with Hampton Hawes - in the 60"s You may mean the writing is a little bit more modern, Have a listen to Hip,
@@terencepope275 It was Bobby who in the early and mid-sixties appeared on recordings and in live performances with such avant players as Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Jackie McLean, and Grachan Moncur III among others. I was present at discussions in which members of his previous quintet questioned his decision to co-lead a group with the older Harold Land. But it seems Bobby knew that Harold was ready to explore new territories.
This video just proves what I've thought for a long time : that Hutcherson is the most gifted and influential vibist of this modern age . Try to imagine Lionel
listening to this _ _ he'd have been blown away _ _ never to return . Have a great day all of yooz !
Got to love this music..it says so much. I hope it never dies.
THANK YOU for this. LOVE this group. Harold Land is so underrated...
This is a great band..!!! One of the few video's with Joe Chambers...this was on an LP titled "Total Eclipse".....Bobby is masterful here.......
Not really; on Total Eclipse, it's 6:32 long. Here it's 14:05 in length.
Thanks for this video of a great group with two masters.Not everything came from the east coast..a beautiful group!!!..my nephew miles played and studied with harold at ucla los angeles also with billy higgins. Said they were both wonderful teachers. Bobby was two years ahead of me in high school (john muir) in pasadena. He always had that open relaxed yet driving sound from southern california . Both artists are sorely missed!
Great to come across this and see these guys playing. Top group. I have had the "Total Eclipse" album, on which this piece appears, for decades. The piece is dedicated to the South African Afrikaner politician, Barry Herzog.
Land and Mobley should be enshrined. Mobley was the singer, reaching inside himself for new inventions on familiar chord changes. Land was the sculptor, bringing unreal skills and perspective to the creation of new forms. He began to lose that frightening technical edge about 1980. Cowell could do anything, and is key to the success of the best album of the '70s: Clifford Jordan's "Glass Bead Games." Listen to him adapt here. You'll never hear music like this on any RVG session.
I object to that dig at Rudy's recordings. Rudy recorded hundreds of superb sessions. In particular, he recorded Bobby Hutcherson for Blue Note. That label also recorded Bobby at other locations (e.g. the "Total Eclipse" album) and the sound was not as good as Rudy got.
Bobby gave a one hour class at the Both/And club on Divisiderio in SF. Around 1974. Great experience.
Herzog definitely a favorite. Before RUclips wasn't aware of how long and extensive the association was between Harold and Bobby. Apparently Bobby participated on several of Harold's albums. Their ventures together were/are musically tasteful. Harold deserved greater recognition than he got. After one listens to Total Eclipse one must really listen to Harold's albums. Anyone know who the pianist is on the video?
+smoothjazzaxe Pianist is a very young Stanley Cowell.
Thx. That's another musician that definitely deserves more recognition than he's been getting
you cant fake this groove........these cats are sailing. go man go
John Holloway its not the grove as much as that combined these changes. They didnt abandon the changes for the solo section.
un groupe magnifique passé inaperçu ce soir la a antibes!!!!
I tried to follow Stanley's playing. I could pick out the quartals - mostly. Those aren't too bad to play. 😎🎼🎵🎹
Oh yes great group jazz all stars.
Don't you just love it, i do.
Love those vibes.
thanks so much for posting this!!!! is there more??
Any album featuring Harold Land - Buy it!
Real jazz my kind of music.
Killer upload! Thanks!!! Reminds me of "West Coast Blues" with Harold and WES!
I got into Hutch via Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch. J
Many thanks for sharing this amazing find. Any ideas as to where it is from and is there any more?
just great jazz
To anyone watching this video, i urge you to go listen to “The Creators” from Bobby and Harold as well, but not the album song. It is a live performance without video from Ljubljana with bill Evan’s and Eddie Gomez joining them and it is easy to find on RUclips. 2 mins in, Harold Land does what is in my opinion one of the best non Coltrane tenor solos of all time. Pls watch it it will benefit ur life.
ONE OF THE GREAT BASS MUSICIANS OF HIS GENERATION, REGGIE JOHNSON IS AS GOOD AN ACCOMPANYING MUSICIAN AS HE IS A SOLOIST, WHERE HIS PERSONAL, ROUND-UP SOUND AND STEADY SENSE OF TIME CAN BE APPRECIATED. JOHNSON'S MAJOR INFLUENCES ARE: OSCAR PETTIFORD, RAY BROWN, PAUL CHAMBERS AND RON CARTER.
Glad I got to see Reggie playing with Kenny Burrell , early 70's several times . God bless you all .
I can definitely tell the Coltrane influence in Harold Land's tenor solo. Nice ,though..
I had a brilliant piano teacher who earlier in his career had a gig with Hutcherson and was offered the job as his pianist but there was a catch that being herion use in the band. So he didn't couldn't take the gig. I think it greatly affected the trajectory of his career even his music.
Juan-les-Pins
Antibes, France
25 July 1969
Yessss
superbe équipe, quel titre !! lolesque le montage sur le solo de Bobby on aurait dit que le monteur tapait aussi sur son clavier avec des mailloches !!
the flow - great!
Bobby Hutcherson (vb), Harold Land (ts), Stanley Cowell (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Joe Chambers (d)
Is this from Antibes 1969? It sure sounds like the recording I have. It's the same band, so if it's not from that recording then it's very likely from the same European tour. Crazy great stuff. Is there any more of this?
smokin hot!
Oh, the pianist was Stanley Cowell!
The coolest dude to hold a saxophone! Looks better than coltrane...
Nonsense.
Is Stanley Cowell on piano?
He's great!
That sure looks like Stanley Cowell!!! That's what I was thinking and was scrolling through the comments to find confirmation and came across your comment!
Cowell is the "Horowitz" of jazz .
Great is overated . Cowell is the seminal jazz pianist of all ages !
Was Joe the drummer on Chick Corea Tones for Jones Bones? Cat is great
aka all these guys! Thank you for the history..
Yes
@ARShadduck : Reggie Johnson is the bassist.
Does that cat have bigger hand than Ron Carter?!?
Who's in the Rythm Section?
Who are the other musicians playing with Bobby & Harold?
who's playing the drums?
Anyone know the year? '68 or '69?
Bassist? Anyone know the name?
Class. Who is the bassist please?
Reggie Johnson, Stanley Cowell-p, Joe Chambers-dr Heard the band 1970 live, only Hal Galper replacing Cowell. Was one of the best concerts I heard in that times and ever.
TDWR
Harold and Bobby. Commonly known as The Shit!!!
Land sounds a bit like Wayne Shorter in his Miles band period here. He was a great player. He made one duff album which I think is called something like Harold in the land of folk song. With tunes like Foggy Dew. Great playing but crap concept.
I'm probably part of a minority that doesn't understand all the hype over Harold Land. I find his solos are mostly uninventive and his phrasing seems to take small nibbles at an musical idea before disappearing without any sense of direction. I've listened to several of his recordings such as West Coast Blues! with Wes Montgomery but my opinion remains unchanged. Anyone care to convince me how wrong I am?
Listen to his work in the 50s with Brown-Roach Inc, and also seek out the absolutely gorgeous "The Peace-Maker" on Cadet from 1968, a quintet session with Bobby, Joe Sample, Buster Williams and Donald Bailey. If you still can't appreciate him after all that, I don't know what to tell ya...
I'm not part of your minority.
Land is a great tenor player, and deserves all the praises he get.
Give Poor People's March off Spiral a try. Harold not only does a tasty short solo, but he also has a way with phrasing with Bobby. They just meld together on harmonies together so well, even small little breath pauses, dynamics, everything. And dang, the bottom line is he just has a beautiful tone on that tenor.
Poor People's March was always one of my favorites of Bobby's. It's the YT I went straight to when I heard the crushing news about Bobby's passing. It used to put shivers up my spine. But a couple weeks ago, in addition to the shivers, it also made tears flow. RIP Bobby.
Bob you know he plays flat a lot, but listen to him on "Eternal Equinox," the Gerald Wilson big-band LP and see what you think then.
That's cool. I love Harold Land and don't get Sonny Rollins.