Okay Blues – Harold Land
A classic example of Harold Land's earlier style, with quite a variety of phrase structures packed into a compact blues form. There's a rhythm section intro which is shown with full piano voicings in our Piano/Bass part.
- Recording: Harold Land - Eastward Ho!
- Recorded on: July 5, 1960
- Label: Jazzland (JLP 33)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Trumpet - Kenny Dorham
- Tenor Sax - Harold Land
- Piano - Amos Trice
- Bass - Clarence Jones
- Drums - Joe Peters
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There's an unusual rhythm section intro, just three measures long with a two-beat pickup. Bouncy piano phrases are answered with pedal figures in the bass, on F for two measures and C in the last measure. We have a Piano and Bass part which shows this intro with two-handed piano voicings condensed into one staff to leave room for the bass figures.
Kenny Dorham recorded three albums as a leader in 1960, including "The Arrival Of Kenny Dorham" in January and "Jazz Contemporary" in February, both featuring baritone saxophonist Charles Davis, as well as "Showboat" in December.
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