''The Curtis Counce Group'' (later released as ''Landslide'') is an album by American jazz bassist

Curtis Counce Curtis Counce (January 23, 1926 – July 31, 1963) was an American hard bop and West Coast jazz double bassist. Biography Counce was born in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to California in 1945. He began recording in 1946 with Lester Young ...

recorded in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label.Contemporary Records discography
accessed May 15, 2015

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "All of Counce's recordings (which include a slightly later album for Dootone) are well worth getting by collectors interested in 1950s straight-ahead jazz. This disc is an excellent place to start".

Track listing

# "Landslide" (Harold Land) - 8:39 # " Time After Time" ( Sammy Cahn,

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) - 6:35 # "Sonar" ( Kenny Clarke, Gerald Wiggins) - 7:28 # "Mia" (Carl Perkins) - 4:59 # "Sarah" (Jack Sheldon) - 11:40 # "A Fifth for Frank" (Wiggins, Cal Tjader) - 7:11

Personnel

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* Jack Sheldon - trumpet *

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 ...

- tenor saxophone *

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- piano * Frank Butler -

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis Counce Group, The Contemporary Records albums Curtis Counce albums 1957 albums