Red Garland ”High Pressure”

Red Garland

”High Pressure”
( LP Prestige Records, 1957 )
Catalog # PRLP 7209

Tracklisting:
1. Soft Winds
2. Solitude
3. Undecided
4. What Is There to Say?
5. Two Bass Hit

Personnel & Credits:
Red Garland Quintet
Donald Byrd (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Red Garland (p) George Joyner (b) Art Taylor (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 15, 1957

Red Garland Quintet
Donald Byrd (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Red Garland (p) George Joyner (b) Art Taylor (d): same personnel
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 13, 1957

* Red Garland – High Pressure (Prestige PRLP 7209; New Jazz NJLP 8325; Fantasy OJC 349, OJCCD 349-2)

Review:
The distinctive pianist Red Garland, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane (then 31 and already breaking away from the pack), and trumpeter Donald Byrd, along with the supportive bassist George Joyner and drummer Art Taylor, perform five jazz standards on this reissue. Highlights include “Soft Winds,” “Undecided,” and an explosive version of “Two Bass Hit” that foreshadowed the rendition that Trane would record with Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley the following year. High-quality hard bop from some true “Young Lions.”
By Scott Yanow (AMG)

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