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Los Angeles Jazz Quartet

Harold Land Jr

Harold Land, Jr. has toured Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America with Jazz and Funk legends such as Marvin Gaye, Roy Ayers, Gerald Wilson, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Burrell, Pharoah Sanders, Lee Morgan, Roland Kirk, and many others.

The Crusaders' pianist Joe Sample introduced Harold to Wayne Henderson. The meeting led to Harold's first professional gig, and to his first two album appearances, including the cult favorite "People Get Ready". He credits bandleader Gerald Wilson with giving him his first traditional Jazz gig, which came shortly after his time with Henderson. Harold accumulated important credits touring with Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders.

Justin Chart

Born: February 6, 1970

Universal Music Group artist Justin Chart is a visionary alto saxophonist and a prominent figure in the modern West Coast jazz scene. Jazz Europe rates Justin Chart as one of the top ten modern day hard bop saxophone players in the world. Known in jazz circles as “The Blizzard” for his explosive playing and intricate compositional changes, Chart is a trailblazer who is one of the modern masters of Hard-Bop jazz. His unique style is characterized by a seductive yet familiar vibe, offering a harmonic edge that remains deeply rooted in the jazz lineage while standing out as distinctly modern in color.

Los Angeles Jazz Quartet: Live at Jazz nad Odra

by Jim Worsley
August 21, 2020

In honor of their twenty-fifth anniversary, Los Angeles Jazz Quartet took the stage in Wroclaw, Poland to perform at the Jazz at Odra Festival. This recording is documentation that they know how to celebrate in style. Five originals and two reimagined classics were powerfully and charismatically presented to an attentive and appreciative audience by bassist Darek ...

Family Song

By Los Angeles Jazz Quartet

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Family Song; Briggs; Message from Roit; Resurgence; Winding Road; A Tear from New York; The Honeymoon; Rachel and Sarah.

Los Angeles Jazz Quartet: Family Song

by Jim Santella
June 1, 1999

The Los Angeles Jazz Quartet performs original compositions that relate their 3rd album to family and close friends. As with most of modern mainstream acoustic jazz, the compositions are used as a basis from which the artists improvise. That they’ve been together for six years is evident from the manner in which each artist supports the ...

Family Song

By Los Angeles Jazz Quartet

Label: Not On Label
Released: 1998

Look To The East

By Los Angeles Jazz Quartet

Label: Naxos Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Look To The East; Reality; Into The Dark; Sessions With Garrin; Because There Is You; Getting Around; Dirge; Dearly Beloved; Maru's Dream; Fosselman's; Oslo.

Los Angeles Jazz Quartet: Look To The East

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 1998

Pianoless Quartet. The Los Angeles Jazz Quartet is a guitar trio plus reeds, consisting of Larry Koonse on guitar, Chuck Manning on tenor and soprano saxophones, and Darek Oleszkiewicz on bass, and Kevin Tullius on drums. They play a straight-ahead brand of jazz that is very accessible and mainstream. Of the 10 recent Naxos Jazz releases, ...