The Fox (Harold Land album) explained

The Fox is a 1960 album by Harold Land, originally released on the Hifijazz label and reissued by Contemporary in 1969 and on CD by Original Jazz Classics in 1991. The album features trumpeter Dupree Bolton.^[1]

Reception

AllMusic's Scott Yanow described the album as an "excellent straight-ahead quintet set" and "high-quality hard bop". The Penguin Guide to Jazz rates the album three and a half stars and describes Land as an "underrated composer with a deep feeling for the blues" and states that The Fox, "tricky and fugitive as much of it is, must be thought his finest moment".

Track listing

1. "The Fox" (Land) 5:36
2. "Mirror Mind Rose" (Hope) 6:32
3. "One Second, Please" (Hope) 5:51
4. "Sims A-Plenty" (Hope) 6:17
5. "Little Chris" (Land) 5:10
6. "One Down" (Hope) 7:23

Personnel

• Harold Land - tenor saxophone
• Dupree Bolton - trumpet
• Elmo Hope - piano
• Herbie Lewis - bass
• Frank Butler - drums

See also

• Harold Land discography

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2009/4/14/in-search-of-dupree-bolton-part-1 Gioia, Ted: In Search of Dupree Bolton April, 2009 (retrieved 5/15/2013)