1. Harold de Vance Land was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist.
10 Facts About Harold Land
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Harold Land's tone was strong and emotional, yet hinted at a certain introspective fragility.
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Harold Land was born in Houston, Texas, United States and grew up in San Diego, California.
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Harold Land made his first recording as the leader of the Harold Land All-Stars, for Savoy Records in 1949.
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The Harold Land family moved from San Diego to Los Angeles, in 1955.
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Harold Land was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Harold Land joined the UCLA Jazz Studies Program as a lecturer in 1996 to teach instrumental jazz combo.
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Harold Land died in July 2001, from a stroke, at the age of 72.
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Harold Land had an inimitably dark tone within the hard-bop and modal jazz paradigms.
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Over time this would contrast more and more with the brighter tonalities of more Coltrane-influenced saxophonists, although Harold Land started to implement Coltrane's musical innovations.