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2017 Stereo Reissue of Classic 1967 Blue Note Release of Bandleader/Composer/Organist Larry Young Entitled Contrasts, Produced by Alfred Lion, Recording by Rudy Van Gelder, Cover Photo by Francis Wolff, Liner Notes by Ed Williams - "Larry Young, also known as , offered as radical an approach to organ in the '60s as  had posed in the '50s. His free, swirling chords, surging lines, and rock-influenced improvisations were an alternative to the groove-centered, blues and soul jazz sound that had become the organ's dominant direction. He brought 's late-'60s approach to the organ, generating waves of sound and greatly influencing any session he participated in during the '60s and '70s. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1940,  studied piano rather than organ, though he later began playing organ in R&B bands in the '50s. He recorded in 1960 with , and then did his first session for Blue Note as a leader. He played with and recorded with  in a hard bop vein in the mid-'60s, though he was beginning his experiments at that point.  worked with , , Donald Byrd, and  and toured Europe in 1964. When  went to Blue Note later that year, he was well on his way to becoming a major innovator. 's post-bop influence asserted itself more and more in 's playing and composing, and his work grew much more cerebral and exploratory. His 1965 album  alerted everyone that he was heading a different way, and , recorded the same year, remains his best-known album. He played with , recorded with  and , then joined ' band in 1969.  worked with  in 1970 and was in  with  and  among others in the early '70s. He only made a couple of other records, for Perception and Arista, both of them uneven but with some intriguing moments. (Neither label had the vaguest idea what  was trying to do, nor how they could sell it.) Sadly, he died in 1978 at 38. He'd only made a handful of recordings, and his labels never knew what to make of his music. Mosaic issued a superb boxed set of Young's Blue Note recordings, . A very early session, , on New Jazz, was reissued by Fantasy in a limited edition in 1992. Blue Note has also released an anthology package, , available as well." - "For this interesting set, organist  (the first musician on his instrument to really move beyond 's soul-jazz into the avant-garde) mostly utilized lesser-known musicians from the Newark, NJ, area:  and  on tenors, flugelhornist , guitarist , drummer , and  on congas. "Major Affair" is an organ-drums duet and 's wife  does a haunting version of "Wild Is the Wind," while the other four selections use all of the horns. The adventurous music is sometimes quite intense but also grooves in its own eccentric way, offering listeners a very fresh sound on organ." - Sensational Personnel for the Septet Features Legendary Composer Larry Young on Organ and Keyboards, Hank White on Flugelhorn, Tyrone Washington and Herbert Morgan on Tenor Saxophones, Eddie Wright on Guitar, Edward Gladden on Drums, Stacey Edwards on Conga & Thea Young on Vocal! - Selections on Side 1 Are Original Larry Young Compositions Majestic Soul at 11 Minutes 55 Seconds and Evening - Tracks for Side 2 Consist of the Larry Young Penned Major Affair, the Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington Standard Wild Is the Wind, the Tyrone Washington Song Tender Feelings at 6 Minutes 50 Seconds & Original Larry Young Composition Means Happiness - Used Copy, Cover Has Bent Upper Left and Right Corners, Record Very Good++ - Stereo Recording, Product Code 4266 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -