Red Garland
Piano Solo on
My Reverie

About

Red Garland's piano solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following Sonny Rollins's tenor sax and before Paul Chambers's closing acoustic bass statement. Spanning one chorus of the 36-bar ABCA' form at a relaxed 97 BPM with a swing feel, the solo runs approximately 1:29. Red Garland follows with a chorus of piano that is perfectly matched to the composition's romantic character, his block-chord voicings and graceful melodic lines evoking the song's dreamy, contemplative mood. 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.