Red Garland
Piano Solo on
Tenor Madness

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Red Garland's piano solo is the third of 4 solos on this recording, following Sonny Rollins's tenor sax and before Paul Chambers's closing acoustic bass statement. Spanning four choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 174 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:09. Red Garland contributes four choruses of his signature piano style, blending single-note bebop lines with his famous block-chord approach. Red Garland was 32 to 33 years old at the time of this 1956 recording.

Red Garland was 32 to 33 years old at the time.