Promised Land (Harold Land album)

Promised Land
Studio album by Harold Land
Released	March 27, 2001
Recorded	August 6, 2000
Studio	David Philips Sound Studio, La Jolla, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:52
Label	Audiophoric APCD JZ-0002
Producer	Daniel I. Atkinson
Harold Land chronology

Promised Land is the final studio album by American hard bop tenor saxophonist Harold Land.[2] The album was recorded in La Jolla, CA and released on 27 March 2001 via Audiophoric label.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

David R. Adler of Allmusic wrote "Veteran tenor saxophonist Harold Land returns from a seven-year recording hiatus with Promised Land, featuring Mulgrew Miller on piano, Ray Drummond on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. (Sadly, this would be one of Higgins's last sessions.) One would expect nothing other than beauty and grace from these four revered players, and that's what they deliver, aided by the Audiophoric label's "m-phoric" recording technology, designed to capture live acoustic performance with exceptional fidelity. (You'll need to increase your volume and give your ears a chance to adjust.) There's a bit of Coltrane and Joe Henderson in Land's playing—and perhaps a bit of Charlie Rouse, too, as Monk's "Ugly Beauty" reveals. Miller is in excellent form, dueting with Land on a nine-minute-plus "What's New" and taking crisp, inventive solos throughout. The program is evenly split: three standards and three of Land's fairly straightforward, modal pieces."

A reviewer of All About Jazz stated "Time allows, eventually, the opportunity for self-actualization—one hopes. After a long, under-appreciated career and sparse discography, tenor saxophonist, Harold Land, affirms his stature on this album as an individual stylist. Land’s sound has matured into something distinctly his own—a combination of the swing style of his early career and a full command of Coltrane-inspired “sheets of sound”...Notwithstanding the solid group dynamic between tenor and rhythm section, it is the leader’s voice that prevails throughout this set. Straight-ahead fans will find fulfillment in this album from an often-overlooked jazz veteran."[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Inner Voice"	Land	8:33
2.	"Ugly Beauty"	Thelonious Monk	7:16
3.	"What's New?"	Bob Haggart, Land	9:17
4.	"Dark Mood"	Land	10:57
5.	"Like Someone in Love"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	12:30
6.	"Mapenzi"	Land	7:14
Total length:			55:52

Personnel

Harold Land – tenor saxophone
Ray Drummond – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Mulgrew Miller – piano

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References

"Harold Land: Promised Land". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
"Harold Land – Promised Land". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
"Harold Land: Promised Land". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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[1] "Harold Land: Promised Land". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[2] "Harold Land – Promised Land". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[3] "Harold Land: Promised Land". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 20 February 2018.