Red Garland, The 1956 Trio

Red Garland
The 1956 Trio
(Essential Jazz Classics)
Street date: June 2

This release compiles all of the trio studio recordings made by pianist Red Garland in 1956 with Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums. The complete A Garland of Red album is here, as well as tracks from the Dec. 14 session that yielded two more albums, Groovy and Red Garland’s Piano, represented here by two tracks each. Garland’s gracefulness is certainly a hallmark of these sessions, and, as time has shown, Chambers’ stand-up foundations and Taylor’s stick- and brushwork are the perfect complement to the pianist’s every tempo. After 12 tracks with Taylor on drums, there’s a lucky 13th: "Ahmad’s Blues" features drummer Philly Joe Jones, recorded during Miles Davis’ final sessions for Prestige.