Red Alert (Red Garland album)

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Red Alert
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Studio album by
Red Garland
Released1978
RecordedDecember 2, 1977
Studio Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Galaxy
GXY-5109
Producer Ed Michel
Red Garland chronology
Groovin' Red
(1977)		Red Alert
(1978)		 Crossings
(1977)

Red Alert is an album by pianist Red Garland which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Galaxy label in the following year. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This is an interesting set, featuring pianist Red Garland with a sextet ... With one of the largest recording groups he ever led, Garland sounds fine, but the material could certainly have been more inspired". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Red Alert" (Nat Adderley) – 10:34
  2. "Theme for a Tarzan Movie" (Adderley) – 3:57
  3. "The Whiffenpoof Song" (Guy H. Scull, Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy) – 8:20
  4. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 11:13
  5. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 5:45
  6. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) – 5:37

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Galaxy 5100 series discography accessed October 13, 2017
  2. ↑ Galaxy Records catalog, accessed October 13, 2017
  3. ↑ Red Garland catalog, accessed October 13, 2017
  4. ↑ Both Sides Now: Galaxy Album Discography, accessed October 13, 2017
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Red Garland: Red Alert – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 527. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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