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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Larry Young/Grant Green/Elvin Jones Session ! ! !, May 22, 2000
This session features a young, tame, deep and burning Larry Young. Elvin Jones is THE killer drummer, though I would much rather have loved to hear Ben Dixon on this particular album. I've mentioned how Billy Gardner and John Patton kinda set the pace for organists like Larry Young. Larry basically took the soulful and blues entrenched progressive organ styles of these mentors, and got into the Coletrane sound, transcending the blues and getting into some pretty heavy soloing. Today, the organists that tend to reflect his playing the most seem to be Mel Rhyne, Bill Heid and Larry Goldings. Larry Young seemed to be ever searching and experimenting. - - His UNITY album practically single handedly tore open everyone's conception of the B-3... then he got into the fusion thing with LIFETIME. This album represents a much more refined, swinging yet still cutting edge side of him. It is starkly modernistic compared to Groove Street (which has more of a Freddie Roach influence.) Sam Rivers' playing is brilliant in itself and far more than a footnote to this session. By the time he did this album, Larry Young had really started to develope his own feel, however, if you like this album, I really suggest trying to hunt down those old George Braith/Billy Gardner sessions. Albums like SOUL STREAM and EXTENSIONS really show you how underated Billy was. However, Larry Young was definitely a genius, who had a LOT to say and the ability to realize it. As Jazz got more progressive, he would definitely show that the B-3 was up to the challenge and go well beyond the blues and boogaloo thing, though its all good. This is way back in 1964, and in many ways still ahead of the times. - - Check out some Big John Patton, as well as Bill Heid and Mel Rhyne after you get this.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Get into it., July 6, 2002
This cd will be remebered by this listener as the one that turned me onto Sam Rivers. Cut in 1964, the session personnel includes Lary Young on organ, Grant Green on guitar, Elvin Jones on drums, and Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone. Overall the music on this cd is superb, without a throw away recording each of these tracks has the musicans turning in outstanding performances. Standout moments are difficult to choose from, but River's note bending solo on "Plaza De Toros" caused me to listen to the track numerous times my first time though. Not as energetic or as highly regarded as "Unity" this is a superior set of music that I recommend to fans of that disc or of the artists involved.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This music always makes me smile!, February 28, 2000
This is one of those albums that keeps finding it's way back to the cd player over and over again. If you are unfamiliar with the music of Larry Young, this is the perfect place to start, especially since it was his debut as a leader. The combo of Young with the likes of Sam Rivers (saxaphone), Grant Green (guitar), and Elvin Jones (drums) are one of those great combinations that just seemed to be part and parcel of the Blue Note label. Everyones playing is perfectly complimented to each other. Youngs playing, which is like no other in jazz, reminds one more often of a saxaphonist than a keyboardist.The lines that he forms are uniquely his own and bring true originality to the pieces. A note to all: if you wish to purchase this disc, be quick about it! Into Somethin' is part of Blue Note's Connoisseur series of limited release recordings. Once it is gone, who knows when we will see it again. Fair warning.
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