By 1966, Larry Young was playing music that fell between advanced hard bop/soul-jazz and the avant-garde.
For this stimulating Blue Note date, the organist meets up with trumpeter Eddie Gale (who was playing with Cecil Taylor during this era), altoist/flutist James Spaulding, and three obscure but fine sidemen: tenor saxophonist Herbert Morgan and both Wilson Moorman III and Jerry Thomas on drums.
Two of the selections ("Of Love and Peace" and "Falaq") are essentially free improvisations that have a momentum and purpose of their own, moving forward coherently.
In addition, Young and his group perform adventurous versions of "Pavanne" and "Seven Steps to Heaven." Very stimulating and intriguing music, this was one of Larry Young's best recordings.
Previously only available on CD as part of Young's Mosaic box set retrospective, Blue Note issued the remastered title as a limited edition in its Connoisseur series in October of 2004.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PavanneMorton Gould, Jelly Roll Morton | Larry Young | Play | 14:13 | 32 MB | 109 MB |
| 2 | Of Love and PeaceLarry Young | Larry Young | Play | 06:34 | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| 3 | Seven Steps to HeavenMiles Davis, Victor Feldman | Larry Young | Play | 10:19 | 23 MB | 75 MB |
| 4 | FalaqLarry Young | Larry Young | Play | 10:09 | 23 MB | 67 MB |
| 41 mins | 94 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 293 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Cuscuna | Reissue Producer |
| 2 | Miles Davis | Composer |
| 3 | Victor Feldman | Composer |
| 4 | Eddie Gale | Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Trumpet |
| 5 | Morton Gould | Composer |
| 6 | Alfred Lion | Audio Production, Producer |
| 7 | Ron McMaster | Mastering |
| 8 | Reid Miles | Cover Design, Photography |
| 9 | Wilson Moorman III | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 10 | Wilson Moorman III | Drums |
| 11 | Herbert Morgan | Main Personnel, Sax (Tenor) |
| 12 | Herbert Morgan | Sax (Tenor) |
| 13 | Jelly Roll Morton | Composer |
| 14 | Patrick Roques | Reissue Art Director, Reissue Design |
| 15 | James Spaulding | Flute, Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Sax (Alto) |
| 16 | A.B. Spellman | Liner Notes |
| 17 | Jerry Thomas | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 18 | Jerry Thomas | Drums |
| 19 | Rudy Van Gelder | Audio Engineer, Engineer |
| 20 | Francis Wolff | Photography |
| 21 | Larry Young | Composer, Main Personnel, Organ, Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |