''The Peace-Maker'' is an album 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 ...

recorded in late 1967 and early 1968 for the

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label.Harold Land discography
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Reception

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awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "one of the finest if little-known jazz LPs of its era. ''The Peace-Maker'' is a particularly apt title. The record's serene, supple contours glow with a lyricism that eschews the angularity of bop".Ankeny, J.
Allmusic listing
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Track listing

''All compositions by Harold Land except as indicated'' # "The Peace-Maker" - 5:10 # "Stylin'" - 3:34 # "40 Love" - 5:15 # "Angel Dance" - 3:57 # "Timetable" - 4:15 # "Imagine" (

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) - 3:22 # "The Aquarian" - 5:25 # "One for Nini" - 4:57

Personnel

* Harold Land -

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* Donald Bailey -

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References

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