Images (Sonny Red album) explained

Images
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sonny Red
Cover:	Images (Sonny Red album).jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	June 25 & December 14, 1961 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Jazzland JLP 74
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer
Chronology:	Sonny Red
Prev Title:	The Mode
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Sonny Red
Next Year:	1971

Images is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Red, featuring tracks recorded in 1961 with Barry Harris, and Blue Mitchell or Grant Green, which was released on the Jazzland label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The leader, Sonny Red Kyner (alto), never really became the individual strong player that his playing hinted he might develop into. Basically he was in the Charlie Parker-Jackie McLean tradition, and the material here had that spirit, but little punch".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Red except as indicated

1. "Images" - 6:25
2. "Blues for Donna" - 4:44
3. "Dodge City" - 5:16
4. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:41
5. "Blue Sonny" - 8:29
6. "The Rhythm Thing"

• Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on June 25 (tracks 1-3) and December 14 (tracks 4-6), 1961

Personnel

• Sonny Red - alto saxophone
• Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 1-3)
• Grant Green - guitar (tracks 5-6)
• Barry Harris - piano
• George Tucker - bass
• Jimmy Cobb (tracks 4-6), Lex Humphries (tracks 1-3) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-74 Jazzland Records discography
2. Rusch, B. Allmusic Review accessed November 12, 2012