Solar (Red Garland album)

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Solar
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1962 [1]
RecordedJanuary 30, 1962
Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length38:11
Label Jazzland
JLP 73
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Red Garland Quartet chronology
The Nearness of You
(1961)
Solar
(1962)
Red's Good Groove
(1962)
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Solar is an album by jazz musician Red Garland, recorded in 1962 and released the same year on Jazzland as JLP 73. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sophisticated Swing" (Hudson, Parish) - 5:31
  2. "Solar" (Miles Davis/Chuck Wayne) - 5:03
  3. "Where Are You?" (Adamson, McHugh) - 5:17
  4. "Marie's Delight" (Garland) - 3:33
  5. "This Can't Be Love" (Rodgers, Hart) - 4:08
  6. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 5:29
  7. "Blues For 'News" (Garland) - 3:24
  8. "I Just Can't See for Lookin'" (Nadine Robinson, Dok Stanford) - 5:46

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Sept 15, 1962
  2. Allmusic Review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 527. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. At JazzDisco