Title: Red Garland(and Al Jolson and..)Revisited
Review: I am a sucker for anything by Red Garland-and I love 'Red GarlandRevisited';but on 'Grey Skies',he does the Al Jolson standard'Sonny Boy'-which is the beautiful tune-beautifully played,that I measure everything else by.Red is accompanied here by Charlie Persip on drums and Wendell Marshall on bass,rather than Arthur Taylor (d) and Miles Davis rhythm section cohort Paul Chambers (b) and this trio does some great stuff with 'St. James Infirmary','My Honey's Lovin' Arms','I Ain't Got Nobody','Baby Won't You Please Come Home','Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen' and 'My Blue Heaven'.Regardless of tempo,Red is always beautifulto listen to.Reportedly,he once went a few rounds with Sugar RayRobinson-and I believe Sugar Ray learned something about how todeal with 'time and space'-from Red. When listening to him,you can "always" hear Al Jolson say,"You ain't heard nuthin' yet",before another encore performance of 'Sonny Boy' or one of his other masterpieces.
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