''Jazz Impressions of Folk Music'' is an album recorded by American saxophonist

Harold Land Harold de Vance Land (December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001) was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/ Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style, often rivalling Cliffor ...

in 1963 for the

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label.Harold Land discography
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Reception

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awarded the album 4 stars stating "Released at the commercial apex of the folk revival, ''Jazz Impressions of Folk Music'' far transcends its cash-grab origins. Harold Land reinvents traditional favorites... And although Land's name sits above the title, ''Jazz Impressions of Folk Music'' is first and foremost a showcase for Jones, who turns in some of the most imaginative and vibrant work of his career".Ankeny, J.
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Track listing

''All compositions by Traditional except as indicated'' # " Tom Dooley" - 6:56 # " Scarlet Ribbons (

Evelyn Danzig Evelyn Danzig Levine (January 16, 1902 – July 26, 1996) was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter, who was a one hit wonder best known for co-writing the music for the folk style ballad popular song " Scarlet Ribbons", published in 1949, with lyr ...

Jack Segal Jack Segal (October 19, 1918 – February 10, 2005) was a pianist and composer of popular American songs, known for writing the lyrics to '' Scarlet Ribbons''. His composition '' May I Come In?'' was the title track for a Blossom Dearie album. ...

) - 4:07 # "

Foggy, Foggy Dew "Foggy Dew" or "Foggy, Foggy Dew" is an English folk song with a strong presence in the South of England and the Southern United States in the nineteenth century. The song describes the outcome of an affair between a weaver and a girl he courted ...

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Kisses Sweeter than Wine "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" is a popular song, with lyrics written and music adapted in 1950 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays of The Weavers, and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers. The tune was adapted from Lead Belly's "If It Wasn't for Dicky" (1937), w ...

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On Top of Old Smokey "On Top of Old Smoky" (often spelled "Smokey") is a traditional folk song of the United States. As recorded by The Weavers, the song reached the pop music charts in 1951. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 414. History as folk song ...

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Take This Hammer "Take This Hammer" (Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 4299, AFS 745B1) is a prison, logging, and railroad work song, which has the same Roud Folk Song Index, Roud number as another song, "Nine Pound Hammer", with which it shares verses. "Swannanoa, North ...

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Blue Tail Fly "Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue-Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the ...

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Hava Nagila Hava Nagila ( he, הָבָה נָגִילָה, ''Hāvā Nāgīlā'', "Let us rejoice") is a Jewish folk song. It is traditionally sung at celebrations, such as weddings. Written in 1918, it quickly spread through the Jewish diaspora. History ...

" - 5:13

Personnel

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

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*John Houston -

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*Mel Lee -

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References

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