In the Land of the Giants

1969 studio album by Eric Kloss

In the Land of the Giants

Studio album by

Eric Kloss

Released| July 1969[1]
Recorded| January 2, 1969
New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| Prestige
PR 7627
Producer| Don Schlitten
Eric Kloss chronology
| Sky Shadows
(1968)  | In the Land of the Giants
(1969)  | To Hear Is to See!
(1969)

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In the Land of the Giants is an album by saxophonist Eric Kloss which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.[2][3]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [5]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "A superior post-bop altoist, the blind Kloss showed that he was able to hold his own with musicians much better-known than himself".[4]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Eric Kloss, except as indicated

1. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 7:31
2. "So What" (Miles Davis) - 11:01
3. "Sock It to Me Socrates" - 5:14
4. "When Two Lovers Touch" - 5:14
5. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) - 5:33

## Personnel

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* Eric Kloss \- alto saxophone
* Booker Ervin \- tenor saxophone
* Jaki Byard \- piano
* Richard Davis \- bass
* Alan Dawson \- drums

## References

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1. ^ "Billboard". August 2, 1969.
2. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed April 8, 2013
3. ^ Eric Kloss discography accessed May 26, 2015
4. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic listing accessed April 8, 2013
5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 120. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Eric Kloss

Studio albums|

* Introducing Eric Kloss (1965)
* Love and All That Jazz (1966)
* Grits & Gravy (1966)
* First Class Kloss! (1967)
* Life Force (1967)
* We're Goin' Up (1967)
* Sky Shadows (1968)
* In the Land of the Giants (1969)
* To Hear Is to See! (1969)
* Consciousness! (1970)
* Doors (1972)
* One, Two, Free (1972)
* Essence (1973)
* Bodies' Warmth (1975)
* Together (1976)
* Now (1978)
* Celebration (1979)

Live albums|

* Battle of the Saxes (1976)

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Jaki Byard

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except in most cases where this was long delayed

As leader

co-leader|

* Here's Jaki (1961)
* Hi-Fly (1962)
* Out Front! (1964)
* Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965)
* The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003])
* Freedom Together! (1966)
* On the Spot! (1967)
* Sunshine of My Soul (1967)
* Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968)
* The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
* Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971)
* Duet! (1972)
* Family Man (1978)
* Improvisations (1981)
* The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013])
* Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984)
* Phantasies (1984)
* Phantasies II (1988)
* Foolin' Myself (1988)
* The Changes of Life (1996)
* This Happening (1997)
* Night Leaves (1997)
* July in Paris (1998)

Solo
piano|

* Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988])
* Solo Piano (1969)
* Parisian Solos (1971)
* The Entertainer (1972)
* There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972)
* Flight of the Fly (1976)
* Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007])
* A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011])
* The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014])
* To Them – To Us (1982)
* Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)

With
Charles
Mingus|

* The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
* The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
* Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
* Town Hall Concert (1964)
* The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
* Mingus at Monterey (1964)
* Astral Weeks (1964)
* Cornell 1964 (1964)
* Revenge! (1964)
* Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970)
* Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)

With
others|

* Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965)
* Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973)
* Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061)
* Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
* Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
* How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960)
* New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961)
* The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963)
* The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
* Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64)
* The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965)
* Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965)
* Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966)
* Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
* Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
* Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61)
* Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61)
* "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
* Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
* Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978)
* Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989)
* Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990)
* American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991)
* Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962)
* Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
* Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964)
* Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984)
* Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965)
* Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966)
* Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966)
* Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968)
* In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
* Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998)
* Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950)
* Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951)
* Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962)
* Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988)
* Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969)
* Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957)
* "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965)
* Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964)
* Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985)
* Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978)
* Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981)
* Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)

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Booker Ervin

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed

As leader|

* The Book Cooks (1960)
* Cookin' (1960)
* That's It! (1961)
* Exultation! (1963)
* Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963)
* The Freedom Book (1963)
* The Song Book (1964)
* The Blues Book (1964)
* The Space Book (1964)
* Groovin' High (1963–64)
* The Trance (1965)
* Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965)
* Heavy!!! (1966)
* Structurally Sound (1966)
* Booker 'n' Brass (1967)
* The In Between (1968)
* Tex Book Tenor (1968)
* Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)

With Charles Mingus|

* Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
* Mingus Ah Um (1959)
* Mingus Dynasty (1959)
* Blues & Roots (1959)
* Mingus (1960)
* Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976])
* Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960)
* Oh Yeah (1961)
* Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964])
* Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

With others|

* Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962)
* Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964)
* Urge (Ted Curson, 1965)
* Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963)
* In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
* Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
* Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961)
* Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963)
* The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson)
* Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964)
* Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964)
* Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971])
* Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964)
* The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961)
* Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963)
* Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964)
* Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])

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