★開創打造現代爵士語彙的電顫琴/鐵琴-巨匠巴比.哈卻森與薩克斯風大師哈羅德•蘭德合作的此張經典之作,於1971年5月在Blue Note旗下首次發行。這張專輯的特點是從以前由哈卻森和Land蘭德的專擅之硬Bop&Post-Bop風格轉變,轉向爵士樂融合的奇想天地....
★BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL SERIES-FOLLOWING THE RECEPTION OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS’ ACCLAIMED BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES, THE LABEL ANNOUNCES A CONTINUATION OF ITS ALL-ANALOG 180g VINYL PRESSINGS OF CLASSIC TITLES MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY AND PRESSED AT OPTIMAL ★ALL-ANALOG 180g PRESSINGS ★MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY ★PRESSED AT OPTIMAL
★The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on the 1970 album San Francisco, which found the musicians moving into fusion territory with relentlessly grooving tunes like “Goin’ Down South” and “Ummh” counterbalanced by exploratory pieces like the mesmerizing “Prints Tie.
★This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
巴比.赫奇森於60年代以前衛自由語彙為電顫琴演奏開拓前所未有的全新境界,70年代在靈魂爵士運動中依然引領風騷,他生涯創作不懈,成就其當今之世最偉大的爵士電顫琴家美名。他是爵士史上繼鐵琴先鋒萊諾漢普頓與鐵琴名家米爾特傑克森後,與另一名西岸鐵琴好手蓋瑞伯頓並稱"史上兩大現代鐵琴巨人"的資深重量級鐵琴演奏家,他在60年代以後所建立的後咆勃風格,更備評譽為現代表現主義音樂的美國典範。來自洛杉磯的巴比初期的演出風格大多是以前衛爵士為主,1961年後轉戰紐約之後,一張與艾瑞克杜菲(Eric Dolphy)在1964年所合作的""Out to lunch""專輯,讓他頓時倍受當時的樂壇大受矚目,此後便開始與許多如傑基麥克林、賀比漢考克、麥考伊泰納等知名好手合作,而其音樂風格和內容也逐漸隨之益加寬廣豐富...哈羅德•蘭德Harold Land則亦是硬Bop&Post-Bop薩克斯風大師。與Max Roach/Clifford Brown樂隊一起演奏時,Land將自己的硬Bop爵士語句發展為個人的現代風格,經常以自己獨創的異想天開的獨奏與Clifford Brown的器樂能力相提並論!!!....
【LP曲目】
1.Goin' Down South (Side A)
2.Prints Tie (Side A)
3.Jazz (Side A)
4.Ummh (Side B)
5.Procession (Side B)
6.A Night In Barcelona (Side B)