Unity

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Catalogue No: 72434978082
Label: Blue Note
Length: 40 minutes

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Woody Shaw: Zoltan

Work length7:38

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Larry Young (organ), Woody Shaw (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Elvin Jones (drums)
Recorded: 2012
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Monk, T: Monk's Dream

Work length5:48

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Larry Young (organ), Woody Shaw (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Elvin Jones (drums)
Recorded: 2012
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Joe Henderson: If

Work length6:44

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Larry Young (organ), Woody Shaw (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Elvin Jones (drums)
Recorded: 2012
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Woody Shaw: The Moontrane

Work length7:20

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Larry Young (organ), Woody Shaw (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Elvin Jones (drums)
Recorded: 2012
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Romberg, S: Softly as in a morning sunrise (from The New Moon)

Work length6:23

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Larry Young (organ), Woody Shaw (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Elvin Jones (drums)
Recorded: 2012
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Woody Shaw: Beyond All Limits

Work length6:02

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Larry Young (organ), Woody Shaw (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Elvin Jones (drums)
Recorded: 2012
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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Recorded in 1965, in the afterglow of avant-garde jazz's first significant wave, Unity proved what organist Larry Young's Blue Note debut, Into Somethin', foreshadowed. Young had been a straightforward protégé of Jimmy Smith prior to his Blue Note years, and he later went full-tilt into fusion, eventually joining Tony Williams's Lifetime for their rightly named debut, Emergency. But here Young dug into an exploratory groove that fed in part off the Hammond B-3 tradition and in part off the pulse-oriented rhythmic developments then occupying Cecil Taylor and others. That said, the tunes are all keeled on even tempos, with thoughtful, tight soloing from Joe Henderson and a young Woody Shaw. With drummer Elvin Jones powering the quartet, the music cruises along, but Young's free-flying organ is the most striking point, with its fall-apart deconstructions and its architecturally complex solos and melody statements. More than anything, this recording helped clarify how relevant the B-3 was for the new breed of jazzers. This Rudy Van Gelder remaster improves the sound, both brightening it and bolstering the low end. Also added are a couple of great photos and a new liner essay. --Andrew Bartlett

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