Unity (Larry Young)

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Unity
Studio album by Larry Young
Recorded	November 10, 1965
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:41
Label	Blue Note
Larry Young chronology
Into Somethin' (1964)	Unity (1965)	Of Love And Peace (1966)

Unity is an album by jazz organist Larry Young, released on the Blue Note label. While not free jazz, the album features innovative experimentation.

The album is Young's second for Blue Note records, following on from Into Somethin'. Three of the six tracks were composed by Woody Shaw; "Zoltan", "The Moontrane", and "Beyond All Limits". "If" is a Joe Henderson composition, "Monk's Dream" is a Thelonious Monk composition, and "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" is Hammerstein & Romberg composition.

[edit] Personnel

• Larry Young (organ)
• Elvin Jones (drums)
• Woody Shaw (trumpet)
• Joe Henderson (saxophone)

[edit] Track listing

1. "Zoltan"
2. "Monk's Dream"
3. "If"
4. "The Moontrane"
5. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise"
6. "Beyond All Limits"