Larry Young - Unity (1965) [2015 SHM-CD Blue Note 24-192 Remaster] CD-Rip

A brilliant album that would forever change the way the organ was used in jazz! The set's the greatest contribution ever from organist Larry Young – a lean and modal session recorded with help from a young quartet that includes Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, and Elvin Jones – all leaping and loping with Larry's free-thinking work on the Hammond – stretching things out into spiritual grooves that belie Young's fascination with Coltrane's sound of the time, and his freer fusion work of later years!

The Hammond had never sounded soul mighty before – freed from the task of thumping out a deeper rhythm, and let loose to explore the same space carved out by Shaw and Henderson's horns! Titles include a classic reading of Woody's "Moontrane", plus "Zoltan", "If", "Beyond All Limits", and "Monk's Dream". Great great stuff, and one of the best-ever Blue Note sessions


Tracks:

01 - Zoltan
02 - Monk's Dream
03 - If
04 - The Moontrane
05 - Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
06 - Beyond All Limits
07 - If (alt. take1) (bonus track)
08 - If (alt. take2) (bonus track)
09 - The Moontrane (alt. take) (bonus track)
10 - Beyond All Limits (alt. take) (bonus track)

Personnel:

Larry Young – Hammond B-3 organ
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
Elvin Jones – drums