Though they struck up a strong friendship around the time Land was with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown group, these two albums were the only two that he and Dorham recorded together. Eastward Ho! happened when Harold was in New York with a quintet led by Shorty Rogers. Orrin Keepnews’ Jazzland date used the relative unknowns in the hard bop rhythm section from that group, which was also Land's working band, and a nice compliment to them. Adding Dorham's trumpet to the mix should have produced some really great music. But the sessions obviously didn't go according to plan, because only two complete masters emerged from each of the two dates three days apart and a fifth (the seldom-heard standard ‘On a Little Street in Singapore’, a good choice with nice changes) ended up with parts from both sessions edited together. Land is in pretty good form throughout (especially on the excellent 12-bar track, ‘Okay Blues’), but Kenny, not a well man at the best of times, wasn't at his best on either session. The earlier 1957 album was Geller's date and he is probably the strongest soloist on the seven cuts which include Bud Powell's ‘The Fruit’, some above average Geller originals (‘Marable Eyes’ is a good one) and a rather odd-sounding ensemble arrangement of Fats Waller's ‘Jitterbug Waltz’, which eventually leads into some fine 4/4 solos. Levy, Brown and Marable here are one of the hardest-swinging sections ever on a West Coast date of the period.