Unity
by Larry Young
- Type: Album
- Released: 1966
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 40:07
- Community rating: 4.38/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Elvin Jones
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A revolutionary album that single-handedly redefined the role of the Hammond B-3 organ in jazz. Inspired by John Coltrane's modal explorations, Larry Young uses the organ not for earthy funk but for harmonically advanced, horn-like improvisations. Leading a powerhouse quartet with Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, and Elvin Jones, Young created a landmark of adventurous, modal-based post-bop that liberated the organ from its genre trappings.
Genres
Descriptors: classic, soulful, expansive, complex, groundbreaking
Tracklist
- Zoltan (7:42)
- Monk's Dream (5:51)
- If (6:47)
- The Moontrane (7:21)
- Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (6:23)
- Beyond All Limits (6:03)
Credits
- Larry Young - primary artist, organ
- Reid Miles - design [cover]
- Elvin Jones - drums
- Nat Hentoff - liner notes
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by [recording by]
- Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone, written-by
- Woody Shaw - trumpet, written-by
- Thelonious Monk - written-by
- Oscar Hammerstein II - written-by
- Sigmund Romberg - written-by