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Reviews from Amazon The following reviews are taken from the Amazon website and were written by Amazon customers. Larry Young's Blue Note debut After appearing on a few albums by Grant Green, Larry Young, the "Coltrane" of organist made auspicious debut here and he aided immeasurebly by avant gard saxophonist Sam Rivers, making this not your run of the mill organ-sax-guitar album. The tunes are originals by Young and Green and they signal Young's next album , the classic "Unity" with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw and Elvin Jones also featured on this album. If you like your organ jazz with a progressive feel--dig it, you'll be a Young fan forever!! Into It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This album has some pretty good compositions by organist Larry Young, and guitarist Grant Green. The first song just soothes you with its lightly swingin', but groovin' solos. The next tune, Plaza De Tores, is cool, and so are the rest. One factor I did not like of this album was that Elvin Jones didn't get any drum solos. When I first got this album, I didn't know who Sam Rivers was, and now, I still barely ever hear of him, but his contribution to this album is wonderful. This recording prooved that Young was a good songwriter and improviser. The group pulls it off well without a bass player too. Any jazz fan can't go wrong with this album. It is not free or Avant Garde, just swingin' jazz. I've yet to get Young's Unity album, and from what I've heard, it's different, but If Young plays the same, I'm sure to love it. This is just another great swingin' Blue Note album, and can be compared to others such as Sidewinder, Blue Train, and The Real McCoy! Get into it. 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. Young's first album for Blue Note This is the 2nd disc by the Grant Green/Larry Young/Elvin Jones trio; whereas the first was credited to Green, this one is credited to Young, marking his debut as a leader on Blue Note. It augments the group with the tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers, who plays well but sounds a bit superfluous to the basic direction of the music: it's perhaps symbolic that on one track, "Ritha", Rivers was present on the alternative version but absent for the released version. Unlike Young's next album, _Unity_, which is primarily a compositional showcase for Woody Shaw, this one concentrates on Young's compositions: "Tyrone" is a relaxed blues waltz, "Ritha" a memorable, lyrical line which ought to be performed more often; "Backup" is a blues, & "Paris Eyes" a simple but likeable melody. "Plaza de Toros" is a Green composition, & the fieriest thing on here. A very good disc, though not a patch on _Unity_. It is the only disc besides _Unity_ under Young's leadership on Blue Note that ought to be considered essential. At first you think that you hear Larry Goldings...but when listening carefully..one can hear that the B3 sound is slightly lighter and does not have the same "punch" as Goldings.. but the modal licks sounds familiar. Larry Young was just a fantastic B3 player that went his own way.. already here in 1964 he played very different from anyone else.Sam Rivers plays beautiful at times and at othertimes his playing is "outside" but it fits well with the music. Rivers is a gifted composer.. as a musician I have played some of his songs myself, that is the only thing I miss here one or two compositions by Rivers. Elvin Jones are the perfect drummer for this kind of music.. and Green does a nice job as always. All songs are more or less highlights... but I in paricular like the joyful mode on Youngs compositions "Ritha" and Paris Eyes" As a Green fan....I do not think that Green ever played better than what he did in the company of Larry Young. Just beautiful This is an album I really enjoy. Larry Young was a genius on the organ and here he's playin'with three of the greatest musicians of his time: Grant Green on guitar, Elvin Jones on drums and the remarcable Sam Rivers with his unique sound and phrasing, even if he plays a conventional blues like "Backup", the 4th tune on that CD. By the way: It's a pity that most of Rivers'own Blue Note-recordings are currently unavailable.Let's hope that someday they will be reissued. As for Larry's own playing, he is fantastic,but the stuff that really knocked me out, can be found on "Unity", recorded a year later. classic hippety hip Into somethin' really lives up to its title, it was clear that Larry Young, Elvin Jones, Grant Green and Sam Rivers was making new pathways within the Jazz concept. Larry Youngs modal excursions, Elvin Jones pumping beat, Grant Greens lyric touch and Sam Rivers crying but beautiful sound all together makes this a classic date. There is not a bad track on this outing. I especially find the latin 'Plaza de toros' very memorable, but each track has its moments. It is great how varied yet alike the tracks on this set is. Compared to the other Larry Young classic 'Unity', this record is in my mind more accesible, less experimenting but as thrilling because of the joyful atmosphere that surrounds it. Watch out, it don't get you, before you get it. Great Larry Young/Grant Green/Elvin Jones Session ! ! ! 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. 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. Back to top Comments 0 comments, write comment |
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