Saturday, September 24, 2016

Red Garland






















Artist:  Red Garland
Birth Name:  William McKinley Garland
Born:  May 13, 1923.  Dallas, Texas, USA
Died:  April 23, 1984 (Aged 60).  Dallas, Texas, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Piano

Red Garland was an American Modern Jazz Pianist, known for his work as a Bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, he helped popularize the block chord style of piano playing.  His music style mixed together the usual influences of his generation (Nat Cole, Bud Powell, and Ahmad Jamal) into his own distinctive approach, and he also worked by backing such major players as Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Roy Eldridge.  He became a member of the classic Miles Davis Quintet (1955-1958).  In 1958, he formed his own Trio.  The Trio also recorded as a Quintet with John Coltrane and Donald Byrd.














Title:  The Red Garland Quintet featuring John Coltrane (Prestige Profile)  (2005)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Label:  Prestige Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Billie's Bounce  (9:26)
 2.  Solitude  (8:34)
 3.  Soft Winds  (6:16)
 4.  Soul Junction  (15:32)
 5.  On Green Dolphin Street  (8:22)
 6.  Our Delight  (6:19)

Disc 2:  Bonus Disc, Vol 2:

 1.  Red Beans  (4:17)
 2.  Mambo Inn  (4:52)
 3.  Blues By Five  (9:57)
 4.  Eclypso  (7:58)
 5.  Blue Monk  (7:39)
 6.  Groovin' High  (5:42)
 7.  Blues Changes  (5:02)
 8.  Ugetsu  (5:04)

Personnel:

Red Garland:  Piano
John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone
Donald Byrd:  Trumpet
George Joyner:  Double Bass
Arthur Taylor:  Drums
Richard Williams:  Trumpet
Oliver Nelson:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone
Peck Morrison:  Double Bass
Charlie Persip:   Drums

The Red Garland Quintet featuring John Coltrane (Prestige Profile) is the collection album in the gold age of Modern Jazz, with Prestige Profiles Series by The Red Garland Quintet with John Coltrane, was released on October 25, 2005 by Prestige Records.



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