Red Garland
Piano Solo on
You Say You Care

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Red Garland contributes two choruses on piano, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at an up-tempo swing tempo of 211 BPM over the 36-bar AABA' in F, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. Garland plays only 32 bars on his 1st chorus whereas everyone else on the recording plays the full 36 each time. Red Garland follows with two choruses of piano that bring his characteristic grace and swing to the proceedings, his playing providing a sophisticated yet accessible counterpoint to Coltrane's more searching approach. Recorded for the album Soultrane in 1958, the performance captures Red Garland at 34 to 35 years old.

Red Garland was 34 to 35 years old at the time.