''Red Garland Revisited!'' is an album by pianist
Red Garland
William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jaz ...
featuring tracks recorded in 1957 which were first released on the
Prestige
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label in 1969.
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Reception
In his review for
AllMusic
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Scott Yanow
Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author. Allmusic Biography/ref>
Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles a ...
called it "Predictably excellent music".
[Yanow, S]
AllMusic Review
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Track listing
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Billy Boy
"Billy Boy" is a traditional folk song and nursery rhyme found in the United States, in which "Billy Boy" is asked various questions, and the answers all center on his quest to marry a girl who is said to be too young to leave her mother.
It has ...
" (Traditional) – 6:20
# "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (Ace Adams,
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charle ...
) – 7:57
# "Four" (
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...
) – 5:17
# "
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1946 film '' Blue Skies'', where it was introduced by Bing Crosby. The song was nominated for " Best Song" in 1946 but lost out to "On the Atchison, Topeka and ...
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Irving Berlin
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Born in Imperial Russ ...
) – 5:35
# "Hey Now" (Red Garland) – 3:45
# "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (
Herb Magidson
Herbert A. Magidson (January 7, 1906 – January 2, 1986) was an American popular lyricist. His work was used in over 23 films and four Broadway revues. He won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1934.
Life and career
Magidson was ...
,
Allie Wrubel
Elias Paul "Allie" Wrubel (January 15, 1905 – December 13, 1973) was an American composer and songwriter.
Biography
Wrubel was born to a Jewish family in Middletown, Connecticut, United States, the son of Regina (née Glasscheib) and Isaa ...
) – 8:45
# "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 7:08
# "
It Could Happen to You" (
Johnny Burke,
Jimmy Van Heusen
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Life and car ...
) – 5:44
Personnel
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Red Garland
William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jaz ...
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piano
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Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...
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guitar
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(tracks 3 & 7)
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Paul Chambers
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. H ...
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bass
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Art Taylor
Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...
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drums
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References
Prestige Records albums
Red Garland albums
1969 albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
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