As Essential as Miles' Quintet
To close listeners, Harold Land, who was on all but one of the sides recorded by the Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet, was as essential to the success of that unit as Clifford. When he went for the West Coast, he was equally valuable to the Curtis Counce Quintet which, besides the leader, boasted the untouchable Land along with his fast-learning front-line student, Jack Sheldon (the most identifiable trumpet sound of the past half century). Add to that the inimitable piano of Carl Perkins (with a crippled arm and unorthodox style, he combined Erroll with Bud in a rapturous, lyrical approach all his own) and the peerless Frank Butler. Start with \"Landslide,\" then listen to the most musical drum solo ever recorded, on \"A Fifth for Frank.\" This is one for the time capsule.
