''Rojo'' is an album by jazz 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 jazz ...
, released in 1961 on
Prestige Records, featuring tracks recorded on August 22, 1958.
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, commenting on the track "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
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" in 1961, criticized Garland's left-hand playing, saying: "I found this very, very monotonous. ..primarily it's that drone-type left hand, punctuated with chords, that he used invariably".
Track listing
#"Rojo" (Garland) - 8:54
#"We Kiss in a Shadow
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In the ori ...
" (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) - 6:47
#" Darling Je Vous Aime Beacoup" (Anna Sosenko
Anna Sosenko (June 13, 1909 – June 9, 2000) was an American songwriter and impresario who flourished in the 1930s. She is perhaps best known as a manager and writer for cabaret singer Hildegarde, for whom she wrote " Darling, Je Vous Aime Beauco ...
) - 5:14
#" Ralph J. Gleason Blues" (Garland) - 6:43
#"You Better Go Now" (Bickley Reichner, Irvin Graham) - 5:11
#" Mr. Wonderful" ( Weiss, Bock
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, Holofcener) - 8:14
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 jazz ...
- piano
* George Joyner - double bass
* Charlie Persip - drums
* Ray Barretto - congas
References
1961 albums
Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
Prestige Records albums
Red Garland albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
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