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A Lazy Afternoon (with Strings by Ray Ellis)

by Harold Land

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    “Why didn’t someone think of this before? …timeless pieces, beautifully rendered… …if you are a seeker of beauty, Harold Land has the answer…” – JazzTimes Magazine

    On the Postcards Records album, “Harold Land: A Lazy Afternoon”, esteemed and seasoned hard bop and post-bop vet Harold Land’s tenor saxophone shimmers stirringly over the string orchestrations of Ray Ellis (arranger of Billie Holiday’s “Lady in Satin”), resulting in a celebration of both melody and rhythm that entices listeners with it’s pure musicality, controlled vitality, and lush romanticism.

    “Land glides through Ray Ellis’ orchestral charts, rhapsodizing forlorn and alluding to noirish days gone by…” – Billboard Magazine

    This album was inspired by Billie Holiday’s penultimate 1958 Columbia Records album, “Lady in Satin”, which was also arranged by Ray Ellis. Rolling Stone Magazine rated it in the Top 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time in 2020.

    Holiday contacted Columbia producer Irving Townsend and expressed interest in recording with bandleader Ray Ellis after listening to his album Ellis in Wonderland. Originally, she wanted to do an album with bandleader Nelson Riddle after hearing his arrangements for Frank Sinatra’s albums, but after hearing Ellis’s version of “For All We Know”, she wanted to record with him.

    Harold Land and Ray Ellis recreate the mood and spirit of Billie Holiday’s “Lady in Satin”. Recording a number of songs from that album among other romantic standards.

    “Land is a fine musician who has not received the fame he deserves.” – Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music

    Most known for his stint in the Clifford Brown – Max Roach Quintet and his collaborations with Bobby Hutcherson, Carl Perkins, Cedar Walton, and Curtis Fuller, Harold Land was known as an uncompromising musical contributor to the evolution of Jazz. Ray Ellis crafted deft string arrangements that showcase Land’s emotion-laden performances for the twelve standards included on this album. Among them are such classics as the title song “Lazy Afternoon”, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”, Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood”, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s Bossa Nova classic Wave, and Thelonious Monk’s “‘Round Midnight”. Also featuring drummer Billy Higgins, pianist Bill Henderson, and bassist James Leary, the resulting album, “Harold Land: A Lazy Afternoon”, is a fitting example of the late Harold Land’s saxophone eminence and musical apparition.

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1.
Lazy Afternoon 04:24
2.
You Don’t Know What Love Is 03:45
3.
In a Sentimental Mood 04:25
4.
Nature Boy 03:47
5.
You Go To My Head 04:05
6.
But Beautiful 03:06
7.
Invitation 04:57
8.
Stella By Starlight 02:52
9.
The End of a Love Affair 03:53
10.
You’ve Changed 03:22
11.
Wave 03:19
12.
Round Midnight 03:46

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“Why didn’t someone think of this before? …timeless pieces, beautifully rendered… …if you are a seeker of beauty, Harold Land has the answer…” – JazzTimes Magazine

On the Postcards Records album, “Harold Land: A Lazy Afternoon”, esteemed and seasoned hard bop and post-bop vet Harold Land’s tenor saxophone shimmers stirringly over the string orchestrations of Ray Ellis (arranger of Billie Holiday’s “Lady in Satin”), resulting in a celebration of both melody and rhythm that entices listeners with it’s pure musicality, controlled vitality, and lush romanticism.

“Land glides through Ray Ellis’ orchestral charts, rhapsodizing forlorn and alluding to noirish days gone by…” – Billboard Magazine

This album was inspired by Billie Holiday’s penultimate 1958 Columbia Records album, “Lady in Satin”, which was also arranged by Ray Ellis. Rolling Stone Magazine rated it in the Top 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time in 2020.

Holiday contacted Columbia producer Irving Townsend and expressed interest in recording with bandleader Ray Ellis after listening to his album Ellis in Wonderland. Originally, she wanted to do an album with bandleader Nelson Riddle after hearing his arrangements for Frank Sinatra’s albums, but after hearing Ellis’s version of “For All We Know”, she wanted to record with him.

Harold Land and Ray Ellis recreate the mood and spirit of Billie Holiday’s “Lady in Satin”. Recording a number of songs from that album among other romantic standards.

“Land is a fine musician who has not received the fame he deserves.” – Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Most known for his stint in the Clifford Brown – Max Roach Quintet and his collaborations with Bobby Hutcherson, Carl Perkins, Cedar Walton, and Curtis Fuller, Harold Land was known as an uncompromising musical contributor to the evolution of Jazz. Ray Ellis crafted deft string arrangements that showcase Land’s emotion-laden performances for the twelve standards included on this album. Among them are such classics as the title song “Lazy Afternoon”, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”, Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood”, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s Bossa Nova classic Wave, and Thelonious Monk’s “‘Round Midnight”. Also featuring drummer Billy Higgins, pianist Bill Henderson, and bassist James Leary, the resulting album, “Harold Land: A Lazy Afternoon”, is a fitting example of the late Harold Land’s saxophone eminence and musical apparition.

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released August 8, 2022

Harold Land: Tenor sax
Ray Ellis: String orchestra conductor and arranger
Billy Higgins: Drums
Bill Henderson: Piano
James Leary: Bass
Alan Pasqua: Synths

Produced by: Ralph Simon
Associate Producer: Joe Barbaria
Executive Producer: Sibyl R. Golden
Total Time: 45:36 minutes

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Harold Land Los Angeles, California

Harold Land (1928-2001), born in Houston and raised in San Diego, moved to Los Angeles in the early ’50s. In 1954, he joined the famed Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet, with which he toured the United States and recorded several albums. After two years with the ensemble, Land felt the need to be closer to his family in Los Angeles, and so he returned and has resided there ever since. ... more

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