Soul Junction

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Soul Junction
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Studio album by
ReleasedLate 1960
RecordedNovember 15, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length42:41
Label Prestige
PRLP 7181
Producer Bob Weinstock
Red Garland chronology
All Mornin' Long
(1958)
Soul Junction
(1960)
High Pressure
(1961)
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Soul Junction is an album by jazz pianist and composer Red Garland. It was released in 1960 through Prestige Records. It features tracks recorded on November 15, 1957, the same day the pieces for All Mornin' Long were recorded, with the same lineup. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Soul Junction" (Garland) – 15:30
  2. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:50
  3. "Birks' Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:35
  4. "I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 6:15
  5. "Hallelujah" (Vincent Youmans) – 6:31

Personnel

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References

  1. Scott Yanow, 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.