Red Garland Live! Explained

Red Garland Live!
Type:Live album
Artist:Red Garland
Cover:Red Garland Live!.jpg
Released:1965
Recorded:October 2, 1959
Venue:The Prelude Club, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:33:39
Label:New Jazz NJLP 8326
Producer:Esmond Edwards
Chronology:Red Garland
Prev Title:Lil' Darlin'
Prev Year:1959
Next Title:The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Next Year:1959

Red Garland Live! is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Red Garland which was recorded in 1959 and released on the New Jazz label.[1] The album was recorded at the Prelude Club at the same concert that produced Lil' Darlin' and Red Garland at the Prelude.

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.[2] C. Michael Bailey from All About Jazz in reviewing the 2006 release of the complete Prelude recordings stated "There may be an argument that The Red Garland Trio at the Prelude is the last of the great Garland Trio recordings. The pianist performed and recorded sporadically until his death at 60 years old in 1984. But it is these Prelude sides illustrate Red Garland at top form in his craft".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Red Garland except where noted

  1. "Marie" (Irving Berlin) - 6:17
  2. "Bohemian Blues" - 9:58
  3. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) - 2:42
  4. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:36
  5. "Mr. Wonderful" (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss) - 9:06

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/red-garland/catalog/#new-jazz-njlp-8326 Red Garland discography
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/red-garland-live%21-mw0000909358 Allmusic Review
  3. Bailey, C. M. Red Garland Trio At The Prelude: Extended Analysis, All About Jazz, February 17, 2006