{"product_id":"larry-young-unity-22-re-180g","title":"Larry Young - Unity ('22 RE 180g)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReleased in 2022. \"Blue Note Records has announced the continuation of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClassic Vinyl Reissue Series\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e which presents 180g vinyl LP reissues in standard packaging mastered by Kevin Gray and manufactured at Optimal. The pressings are all-analog whenever an analog source is available, with Gray mastering directly from the original master tapes. While the first 16 titles of the series focused on the best-known Blue Note classics from the 1950s and '60s, the new run of titles curated by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDon Was\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCem Kurosman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e broadens its scope to span the many eras and styles of the legendary label's eight-decade history presented by themes: bebop, hard bop, soul jazz, post-bop, avant-garde, the '70s, the rebirth, and hidden gems. Until the emergence of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLarry Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Blue Note's Hammond B3 organ tradition was firmly rooted in soul jazz, having been established by B3 trailblazer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJimmy Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and soulful players the likes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig John Patton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBaby Face Willette\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. However, Young brought an entirely new perspective to the instrument by placing it in a more adventurous post-bop context, an innovative approach that recontextualized its possibilities. Young had introduced these inclinations on his excellent 1964 Blue Note debut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInto Somethin'\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, but with his 1965 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnity\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e he created a singular masterpiece with a cast of modernist jazz visionaries: trumpeter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWoody Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, tenor saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoe Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElvin Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. The apt album title expressed the undeniable synergy this unique quartet achieved. The program consisted of three distinctive originals by Shaw ('Zoltan,' 'The Moontrane,' and 'Beyond All Limits'), Henderson's bluesy, hard-swinging 'If,' and memorable versions of 'Monk's Dream' by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and the standard 'Softly As In A Morning Sunrise.'\"\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45409976189151,"sku":"24241322","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0312\/7630\/2471\/files\/unity.jpg?v=1713411466","url":"https:\/\/www.feelitrecordshop.com\/products\/larry-young-unity-22-re-180g","provider":"Feel It Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}