High Pressure (album)

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High Pressure
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Studio album by
ReleasedEnd of November/early December 1961 [1]
RecordedNovember 15 & December 13, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length43:58
Label Prestige
PRLP 7209
Producer Bob Weinstock
Red Garland chronology
Soul Junction
(1960)
High Pressure
(1961)
Dig It!
(1962)
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High Pressure is an album by jazz pianist Red Garland, recorded in 1957 but not released until 1961 on Prestige Records. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson) – 13:47
  2. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) – 8:33
  3. "Undecided" (Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers) – 6:52
  4. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 5:58
  5. "Two Bass Hit" (Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis) – 8:48

Recorded on November 15 (#3–4) and December 13 (#1–2, 5), 1957.

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Dec 4, 1961
  2. AllMusic Review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 526. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. "Red Garland Catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-09-26.