1975 US Stereo reissue on Contemporary Records; Originally released on HiFi Jazz in '60. Strong cover with hint of ring wear & some light fading at top and spine seams. Recorded at Radio Recorders Studio B, L.A. August 1959. "Due to his decision to settle in Los Angeles, tenor saxophonist Harold Land has long been underrated. A strong bop stylist who later on would be influenced a great deal by John Coltrane, Land in 1959 had a sound closer to Sonny Rollins. For this excellent straight-ahead quintet set with trumpeter Dupree Bolton and pianist Elmo Hope, Land performs four of Hope's superior but little-known compositions along with two of his own. This is high-quality hard bop, easily recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz." All Music Guide - Scott Yanow.