Friday, January 31, 2014

Harold Land - Choma (Burn) (1972) [vinyl]

The oddest of the Hutcherson-Land albums, at times driving mainstream post-bop, as expected, at times 70s jazz-funk fusion, perhaps the influence of Land's son? Personally I'd have preferred more subtlety and indeed suppleness from the drumming but overall there's much to enjoy here if, like me, your a devotee of these two.

1. Choma (Burn)
2. Our Home
3. Black Caucus
4. Up And Down

Harold Land (ts,fl) Bobby Hutcherson (vb, marimba) Bill Henderson, Harold Land, Jr. (p,el-p) Reggie Johnson (b) N'Dugu, Woody Theus(d)
1971
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7 comments:

  1. grumpyJanuary 31, 2014 at 8:00 AM

    As I'm more inclined to share my love of this music with human beings, and not robots, email for link:
    grumpywon(a)gmail.com.

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  2. nikosFebruary 1, 2014 at 2:16 AM

    This set finds the Hutcherson - Land team trying their hand at a more "out" setting than was their norm. Except for Henderson's Our Home (a country-ish melody of the kind Keith Jarrett was also essaying at around this time) the album has three fairly free post-bop burners. If the results are not entirely successful, I agree with Mr. Grumpy, the problem lies with the drummers. They are probably one too many, or too up-front in the recording mix, or too exuberant! Hutcherson seems more comfortable in the freer setting than Land - to my ears his solo on Up & Down is the high-point. At any rate, I think they deserve credit for trying a direction that was definitely NOT the way to success in 1971!

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  3. richeliuFebruary 1, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    How thankful for the great music, can I?
    Great for the spirits in spite of hard life.
    Thank you so much and for the effort.

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  4. Monkey Island BluesFebruary 10, 2014 at 12:33 PM

    Nice One.....I remember another intriguing collaboration Land-Hutcherson...."The Peace-Maker".....
    Thanks for this gift Grumpy....

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  5. NickFebruary 11, 2014 at 10:09 PM

    I agree, this isn't one of Hutcherson/Land combo's high points, but it's certainly not bad. The double drumming is a little over the top, and it's a pity Hutcherson focuses more on the marimba, which gets a little drowned out by the other percussion. But, to their credit, Hutch and Land always had a unique sound regardless of who else was in the band, and it comes through even on this one. I'm still waiting for Mosaic to issue a box set of the full Hutcherson/Land output! Thank you again for this, grumpy.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2014 at 9:04 AM

    Apologies for anonymous post. Further agreement with the above, however I find it a grower. Thanks and all.... Phil

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2014 at 2:14 PM

    Amazing stuff, grumpy, thanks for putting this out there, great music for when you're on a mission, love it!

    Love the scans too!

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