Harold Land, Dupree Bolton, Elmo Hope, Herbie Lewis & Frank Butler - The Fox (Remastered) (1960/2024)

Harold Land’s hard bop album “The Fox” was originally released in 1960, with Contemporary Records reissuing it in ‘69. Featuring Harold Land (tenor sax), Dupree Bolton (trumpet), Elmo Hope (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), Frank Butler (drums) it was produced by David Axelrod. This new edition features remastered hi-res audio from the original tapes.

Due to his decision to settle in Los Angeles, tenor saxophonist Harold Land has long been underrated. A strong bop stylist who later on would be influenced a great deal by John Coltrane, Land in 1959 had a sound closer to Sonny Rollins. For this excellent straight-ahead quintet set with trumpeter Dupree Bolton and pianist Elmo Hope, Land performs four of Hope's superior but little-known compositions along with two of his own. This is high-quality hard bop, easily recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz.

Tracklist
01 - The Fox (Remastered 2024)
02 - Mirror-Mind Rose (Remastered 2024)
03 - One Second, Please (Remastered 2024)
04 - Sims A-Plenty (Remastered 2024)
05 - Little Chris (Remastered 2024)
06 - One Down (Remastered 2024)