''The Fox'' is a 1960 album by

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 ...

, originally released on the Hifijazz label and reissued by

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in 1969 and on CD by

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in 1991. The album features trumpeter Dupree Bolton.Gioia, Ted: ''In Search of Dupree Bolton'' April, 2009 (retrieved 5/15/2013)
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Allmusic's

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gives the album four and a half stars and describes it as an "excellent straight-ahead quintet set" and "high-quality hard bop". ''

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'' rates the album three and a half stars and describes Land as an "underrated composer with a deep feeling for the blues" and states that ''The Fox'', "tricky and fugitive as much of it is, must be thought his finest moment".

Track listing

# "The Fox" (Land) 5:36 # "Mirror Mind Rose" (Hope) 6:32 # "One Second, Please" (Hope) 5:51 # "Sims A-Plenty" (Hope) 6:17 # "Little Chris" (Land) 5:10 # "One Down" (Hope) 7:23

Personnel

- tenor saxophone * Dupree Bolton - trumpet *

Elmo Hope St. Elmo Sylvester Hope (June 27, 1923 – May 19, 1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, chiefly in the bebop and hard bop genres. He grew up playing and listening to jazz and classical music with Bud Powell, and both were ...

- piano *

Herbie Lewis Herbie Lewis (February 17, 1941 – May 18, 2007) was an American jazz double bassist. He played or recorded with Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, Tete Mo ...

- bass * Frank Butler - drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox 1960 albums Contemporary Records albums Original Jazz Classics albums Hard bop albums Harold Land albums Albums produced by David Axelrod (musician)

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