Larry Young... Unity... new LP... reissue... A brilliant album that would forever change the way the organ was used in jazz! The set's the greatest contribution ever from organist Larry Young -- a lean and modal session recorded with help from a young quartet that includes Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, and...

Larry Young

Unity

new CD

reissue

A brilliant album that would forever change the way the organ was used in jazz! The set's the greatest contribution ever from organist Larry Young -- a lean and modal session recorded with help from a young quartet that includes Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, and Elvin Jones -- all leaping and loping with Larry's free-thinking work on the Hammond -- stretching things out into spiritual grooves that belie Young's fascination with Coltrane's sound of the time, and his freer fusion work of later years!

The Hammond had never sounded soul mighty before -- freed from the task of thumping out a deeper rhythm, and let loose to explore the same space carved out by Shaw and Henderson's horns!

Titles include a classic reading of Woody's "Moontrane", plus "Zoltan", "If", "Beyond All Limits", and "Monk's Dream". Great great stuff, and one of the best-ever Blue Note sessions!

Larry Young ‎– Unity
Label:
Blue Note ‎– 7243 4 97808 2 8
Series:
RVG Edition –
Format:
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country:
Europe
Released:
1999
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Hard Bop, Post Bop, Modal
Tracklist
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1     Zoltan

    Composed By – Woody Shaw

    7:37
2     Monk's Dream

    Composed By – Thelonious Monk

    5:45
3     If

    Composed By – Joe Henderson

    6:42
4     The Moontrane

    Composed By – Woody Shaw

    7:18
5     Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

    Composed By – O. Hammerstein II*, S. Romberg*

    6:21
6     Beyond All Limits

    Composed By – Woody Shaw

    6:02
Companies etc

    Record Company – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Marketed By – EMI
    Distributed By – EMI
    Manufactured By – EMI
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Copyright (c) – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

    Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
    Drums – Elvin Jones
    Liner Notes [Original] – Nat Hentoff
    Liner Notes [Reissue] – Bob Blumenthal
    Organ – Larry Young
    Photography By [Liner] – Francis Wolff
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By, Remastered By [1998] – Rudy Van Gelder
    Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
    Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
    Trumpet – Woody Shaw

Notes
Recorded on November 10, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. All transfers from the analog tapes to digital were made at 24-bit resolution. Originally issued as Blue Note BLP 4221 and BST 84221.

℗ & © 1999 Capitol Records, Inc.
Made and printed in the EU.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode: 724349780828
    Matrix / Runout: EMI vDEN 4978082 @ 2
    Other (SID Code): IFPI L047
    Label Code: LC 0148
    Rights Society: BIEM