Red Garland
Piano Solo on
Time Was

About

Red Garland contributes three choruses on piano, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at an up-tempo swing tempo of 196 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in A♭, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. Red Garland follows with three piano choruses that balance bebop sophistication with his trademark elegance, his block chords and flowing right-hand lines providing a satisfying contrast to Coltrane's denser approach. Recorded for the album Coltrane in 1957, the performance captures Red Garland at 33 to 34 years old. "Time Was" is the English-language adaptation of the Mexican bolero "Duerme," composed by Gabriel Luna de la Fuente and Miguel Prado.

Red Garland was 33 to 34 years old at the time.