Groovy by Red Garland (CD, Jun-2000, JVC Compact Discs)

Album Features
UPC:	693692616125
Artist:	Red Garland
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2000
Record Label:	JVC Compact Discs
Genre:	Jazz Instrument, Piano

Track Listing
1. C-Jam Blues
2. Gone Again
3. Will You Still Be Mine?
4. Willow Weep for Me
5. What Can I Say (After I Say I'm Sorry?)
6. Hey Now

Details
Playing Time:	40 min.
Contributing Artists:	Art Taylor, Paul Chambers
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Distributor:	City Hall
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Mono
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Red Garland Trio: Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums).Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 14, 1956 and May 24 & August 9, 1957. Originally released on Prestige (7133). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler.Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Shigeo Miyamoto (JVC Studios).Red Garland Trio: Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums).Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 14, 1956 and May 24 & August 9, 1957. Originally released on Prestige (7133). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler.Digitally remastered by JVC using XRCD (Extended Resolution Compact Disc) technology.Red Garland Trio: Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums).Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 14, 1956 and May 24 & August 9, 1957. Originally released on Prestige (7133). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler.Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology.This is part of the Prestige Records 50th Anniversary Special Commemorative Edition series.Red Garland's third recording as a leader has him playing very well, somewhat energetic and more inclusive in his direction to span the mainstream jazz palate beyond the cool exterior he emanates. The title might be a bit deceptive, for this is not a project where soul-jazz or early boogaloo influences turned jazzmen into groovemeisters -- it's a swinging groove. With bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor, Garland has all the support he needs to wing it in a variety of directions. Recorded in that most legendary year of jazz, 1957, Garland is coming into his own in a more confident way, buoyed by his association at the time with Miles Davis. Chambers is flawless in his support role, and on this recording deserves a close listen, especially for students of the acoustic upright. They immediately dig in on the opener "C Jam Blues," with Garland at his heartiest during his bridge solo, they agree in the affirmative during the entirety of the hard bop take of "Will You Still Be Mine?," and repeat but modify the melody à la "Cool Blues" in an adept display of artistry for "Hey Now." Of course Garland has to play a ballad or two, as on "Willow Weep for Me," luscious with chord sequences, and really reflects the influence of Erroll Garner in that chiming, two-handed sustenato style for Garner's "Gone Again." It is said that by the third recording, most musicians should have their style down pat and begin attempting to take the music to a higher level. You really hear that in this recording, which was a springboard to making Red Garland one of the most revered and respected jazz pianists of the modern era. ~ Michael G. Nastos