Review
by Scott Yanow
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/of-love-and-peace-mw0000643626
Biography:
Larry Young, also known as Khalid Yasin, offered as radical an approach to organ in the '60s as Jimmy Smith had posed in the '50s. His free, swirling chords, surging lines, and rock-influenced improvisations were an alternative to the groove-centered, blues and soul jazz sound that had become the organ's dominant direction. He brought John Coltrane's late-'60s approach to the organ, generating waves of sound and greatly influencing any session he participated in during the '60s and '70s.
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1940, Young studied piano rather than organ, though he later began playing organ in R&B bands in the '50s. He recorded in 1960 with Jimmy Forrest, and then did his first session for Blue Note as a leader. He played with and recorded with Grant Green in a hard bop vein in the mid-'60s, though he was beginning his experiments at that point. Young worked with Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, and Tommy Turrentine and toured Europe in 1964. When Young went to Blue Note later that year, he was well on his way to becoming a major innovator. Coltrane's post-bop influence asserted itself more and more in Young's playing and composing, and his work grew much more cerebral and exploratory. His 1965 album Into Somethin' alerted everyone that he was heading a different way, and Unity, recorded the same year, remains his best-known album. He played with Coltrane, recorded with Woody Shaw and Elvin Jones, then joined Miles Davis' band in 1969. Young worked with John McLaughlin in 1970 and was in Tony Williams' Lifetime with McLaughlin and Jack Bruce among others in the early '70s. He only made a couple of other records, for Perception and Arista, both of them uneven but with some intriguing moments. (Neither label had the vaguest idea what Young was trying to do, nor how they could sell it.) Sadly, he died in 1978 at 38. He'd only made a handful of recordings, and his labels never knew what to make of his music. Mosaic issued a superb boxed set of Young's Blue Note recordings, The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young. A very early session, Testifying, on New Jazz, was reissued by Fantasy in a limited edition in 1992. Blue Note has also released an anthology package, The Art of Larry Young, available as well.
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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
En 1966, Larry Young tocaba una música que se situaba entre el hard bop/soul-jazz avanzado y la vanguardia. Para esta estimulante cita con Blue Note, el organista se reúne con el trompetista Eddie Gale (que tocaba con Cecil Taylor durante esta época), el contralto/flautista James Spaulding, y tres secundarios oscuros pero excelentes: el saxofonista tenor Herbert Morgan y Wilson Moorman III y Jerry Thomas a la batería. Dos de las selecciones ("Of Love and Peace" y "Falaq") son esencialmente improvisaciones libres que tienen un impulso y un propósito propios, avanzando coherentemente. Además, Young y su grupo interpretan versiones aventureras de "Pavanne" y "Seven Steps to Heaven". Música muy estimulante e intrigante, ésta es una de las mejores grabaciones de Larry Young.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/of-love-and-peace-mw0000643626
Biografía:
Larry Young, también conocido como Khalid Yasin, ofreció un enfoque tan radical del órgano en los años 60 como Jimmy Smith había posado en los 50. Sus acordes libres y arremolinados, sus líneas de surgimiento y sus improvisaciones influenciadas por el rock eran una alternativa al sonido centrado en el groove, el blues y el soul jazz que se había convertido en la dirección dominante del órgano. Trajo el enfoque de John Coltrane de finales de los 60 al órgano, generando ondas de sonido e influenciando enormemente cualquier sesión en la que participó durante los 60 y 70.
Nacido en Newark, Nueva Jersey en 1940, Young estudió piano en lugar de órgano, aunque más tarde comenzó a tocar el órgano en bandas de R&B en los años 50. Grabó en 1960 con Jimmy Forrest, y luego hizo su primera sesión para Blue Note como líder. A mediados de los 60 tocó y grabó con Grant Green en una vena de hard bop, aunque en ese momento comenzaba sus experimentos. Young trabajó con Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd y Tommy Turrentine y realizó una gira por Europa en 1964. Cuando Young fue a Blue Note más tarde ese año, estaba bien encaminado para convertirse en un gran innovador. La influencia post-bop de Coltrane se impuso cada vez más en la forma de tocar y componer de Young, y su obra se volvió mucho más cerebral y exploratoria. Su álbum Into Somethin' de 1965 alertó a todo el mundo de que iba por un camino diferente, y Unity, grabado ese mismo año, sigue siendo su álbum más conocido. Tocó con Coltrane, grabó con Woody Shaw y Elvin Jones, y luego se unió a la banda de Miles Davis en 1969. Young trabajó con John McLaughlin en 1970 y estuvo en el Lifetime de Tony Williams con McLaughlin y Jack Bruce entre otros a principios de los 70. Sólo hizo un par de discos más, para Perception y Arista, ambos desiguales pero con algunos momentos intrigantes. (Ninguno de los dos sellos tenía la más vaga idea de lo que Young estaba tratando de hacer, ni de cómo podían venderlo). Lamentablemente, murió en 1978 a los 38 años. Sólo había hecho un puñado de grabaciones, y sus sellos nunca supieron qué hacer con su música. Mosaic publicó un magnífico conjunto de grabaciones de Young's Blue Note, The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young. Una sesión muy temprana, Testificando, sobre el Nuevo Jazz, fue reeditada por Fantasy en una edición limitada en 1992. Blue Note también ha publicado un paquete de antología, The Art of Larry Young, disponible también.
1 - Pavanne - 14:13
2 - Of Love And Peace - 6:34
3 - Seven Steps To Heaven - 10:19
4 - Falaq - 10:09
Credits:
Alto Saxophone, Flute – James Spaulding
Art Direction [Reissue], Design [Reissue] – Patrick Roques
Drums – Jerry Thomas (3), Wilson Moorman III
Liner Notes [Original] – A. B. Spellman*
Mastered By [24-bit Resolution] – Ron McMaster
Organ – Larry Young
Photography By [Cover], Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
Photography By [Liner] – Francis Wolff
Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
Tenor Saxophone – Herbert Morgan
Trumpet – Eddie Gale
Recorded on July 26, 1966 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Label: Blue Note – BLP 4242
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Jazz
Style: Free Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/2009331-Larry-Young-Of-Love-And-Peace
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