Can't See for Lookin'

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Can't See for Lookin'
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Studio album by
ReleasedLate 1963
RecordedJune 27, 1958
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length35:05
Label Prestige
PRLP 7276
Producer Bob Weinstock
Red Garland chronology
Manteca
(1958)
Can't See for Lookin'
(1963)
Rojo
(1961)
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Can't See for Lookin' is an album by jazz pianist Red Garland, recorded in 1958 but not released until 1963 on Prestige Records. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Can't See for Lookin'" (Nat King Cole [as 'Nadine Robinson'], Arnold 'Dok' Stanford) – 9:28
  2. "Soon" (George & Ira Gershwin) – 6:56
  3. "Blackout" (Avery Parrish, Sammy Lowe) – 8:56
  4. "Castle Rock" (Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl, Al Sears) – 9:45

Personnel

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References

  1. AllMusic Review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 526. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. At JazzDisco