HAROLD LAND – Damisi (2023 Reissue) – LP – Gatefold Vinyl

Description

LP -Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve withnever-seen session photos. Newly remastered audiowith a 2-page insert including new liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre.

Wewantsounds reissue for the first time Harold Land‘s classic LP Damisi, recorded in Los Angeles for Bob Shad‘s Mainstream Records and released in 1972. Featuring Buster Williams (b), Ndugu (ds), Bill Henderson (keys) and Oscar Breashear (tp) the album was recorded at a crucial time when Land was shifting to a more spiritual sound. The session is a superb mix of funk and modal jazz and feature the monster groove “In The Back, In The Corner, In The Dark” as well as the deep, meditative track “Pakistan“.

The album is reissued in its original gatefold sleeve adding never-seen session photos, with newly remastered audio and a 2-page insert including new liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre.

Tracklist:

A1. Step Right Up To The Bottom [3:38]
A2. In The Back, In The Corner, In The Dark [5:42]
A3. Pakistan [7:57]

B1. Chocolate Mess [7:26]
B2. Damisi [9:10]