Red Garland – The Quota (1973/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Red Garland – The Quota (1973/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 38:38 minutes | 720 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS

After being very active on records and in clubs from 1955-62, pianist Red Garland went back to his native Texas. He did not return to records until 1971, when he cut “Auf Wiedersehen” and this particular LP, which has not yet been reissued on CD; except for a couple of Japanese dates in 1974, it would be another six years before Garland began making a real comeback. Teamed up with Jimmy Heath (who doubles on tenor and soprano), bassist Peck Morrison and drummer Lenny McBrowne, Garland plays in the same distinctive style he had in the 1950s, not showing any decline or loss of chops. The quartet performs four jazz standards, the title cut (a Heath original), and Leroy Vinnegar’s “For Carl”.

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Red Garland – Auf Wiedersehen (1975/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Red Garland – Auf Wiedersehen (1975/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 43:03 minutes | 745 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS

Pianist Red Garland’s place in the jazz pantheon is secure through his work with Miles Davis’ First Great Quintet (1955-58). His shimmering tone and sophisticated voicings contributed to the distinct sound of that group’s seminal recordings. In the next seven years he recorded over 40 albums, but abruptly left the New York scene in 1965, returning to his native Texas. Fortunately, in 1971 MPS brought Garland back to the Big Apple for a two-record date.

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Red Garland – A Garland Of Red (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Red Garland – A Garland Of Red (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:54 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

After his performances in the Miles Davis Quintet had made people aware of his talent, Prestige signed Red Garland to his own exclusive recording contract. A Garland of Red was the first in a long line of albums by the Dallas-born Philadelphian. With a colleague from the Davis group, bassist Paul Chambers, and Arthur Taylor on drums, he formed what was essentially a recording trio. This made them no less potent than if they had been working clubs, too. Garland’s extensive repertoire yields two handfuls of standards, a blues (“Blue Red”), and an “I Got Rhythm” (Charlie Parker’s “Constellation”). For Garland as a Prestige leader it was only the beginning, but a very auspicious one.

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Red Garland – Rojo (1961/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Red Garland – Rojo (1961/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:05 minutes | 775 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Rojo is an album by jazz pianist Red Garland, released in 1961 on Prestige Records, featuring tracks recorded on August 22, 1958.

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Red Garland – Soul Junction (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) (1960/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Red Garland – Soul Junction (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) (1960/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:36 minutes | 452 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Prestige Records
Recorded: November 15, 1957 at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ
Remastered: 2007, Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

With a veritable All-Star lineup in tow, pianist Red Garland turns in a relaxed session that highlights his deft, tasteful touch. Soul Junction features tenor saxophonist John Coltrane in fine form joined by trumpeter Donald Byrd, bassist George Joyner and drummer Art Taylor. Highlights include Garland’s 15-minute blues workout on the title cut and Coltrane’s masterful “sheets of sound” soloing on the bouncy, breezy “Woody’n You.”

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Red Garland – Red Garland’s Piano (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) (1957/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Red Garland – Red Garland’s Piano (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) (1957/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:38 minutes | 282 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Prestige Records
Recorded: December 14, 1956 and March 22, 1957 at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ
Remastered: 2005, Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

From the mid-1950s to the early ’60s, Red Garland’s piano was one of jazz’s most prevalent, and recognizable, sounds. When Garland (1923-1984) recorded this, his second album for Prestige, he was riding high as a member of Miles Davis’s first “great quintet.” But Red’s own LPs also generated a strong following. Loyal and casual fans alike were attracted to his bell-like block chords, left-hand punctuations suggesting a boxer peppering a speed bag, and urbane-bluesy feeling on ballads. Garland also had a “head for tunes,” and this set, comprised entirely of standards, plus an extended reading of Percy Mayfield’s r&b classic “Please Send Me Someone to Love,” repeatedly displays just how much he loved playing them. As he often was on his Prestige sessions, Garland is accompanied by top-flight bassist (and Miles Davis bandmate) Paul Chambers and drummer Arthur Taylor, whose brushstrokes are sheer artistry.

Red Garland is a pianist who eschews the flowery and champions the direct approach in a simple, subtle manner. His basic, solid style, developed along personal lines out of Nat Cole and Bud Powell, encompasses all moods and tempos with equal ease. Never syrupy on the ballads in ballad tempo or merely fleet on the up tempos, Red is especially buoyant in a soul-lifting way on the middle ground. Here is a musician who even if he played every cocktail lounge in the country could never be considered a “cocktail lounge pianist.” (more…)

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