''Solar'' is an album by jazz musician
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 ...
, recorded in 1962 and released the same year on
Jazzland as JLP 73.
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Track listing
#"Sophisticated Swing" (Hudson, Parish) - 5:31
#" Solar" (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 ...
/ Chuck Wayne) - 5:03
#" Where Are You?" (Adamson, McHugh) - 5:17
#"Marie's Delight" (Garland) - 3:33
#" This Can't Be Love" (Rodgers, Hart) - 4:08
#"The Very Thought of You
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" (Ray Noble) - 5:29
#"Blues For 'News" (Garland) - 3:24
#"I Just Can't See for Lookin'" (Nadine Robinson, Dok Stanford) - 5:46
Personnel
* 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 ...
- piano
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* Les Spann
Leslie Spann Jr. (May 23, 1932 – January 24, 1989) was an American jazz guitarist and flautist. As a sideman he recorded with Nat Adderley, Benny Bailey, Bill Coleman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Curtis Fuller, Red Garland, Benny Goodman, Sam Jone ...
- guitar
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, flute (#3, 6)
* Sam Jones - bass
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* Frank Gant
Frank Gant (born May 26, 1931- July 19, 2021) was an american jazz drummer.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Gant recorded with Donald Byrd, Sonny Stitt, and extensively with Yusef Lateef in the late 1950s and then Red Garland before becoming a membe ...
- drums
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References
1962 albums
Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews
Riverside Records albums
Red Garland albums
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