Red Garland
Piano Solo on
Lush Life

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Red Garland's piano solo is the 2nd of 3 on this recording, following John Coltrane's tenor sax and followed by Donald Byrd on trumpet. Spanning two choruses of the 26-bar AA' form at a ballad tempo of 55 BPM in D♭, the solo runs approximately 3:57. Red Garland follows with two choruses of piano that demonstrate his gift for ballad interpretation, his block chords and single-note lines revealing the harmonic richness of Strayhorn's writing. "Lush Life" is a performance of Billy Strayhorn's celebrated art song from the 1958 sessions included on John Coltrane's album of the same name. Red Garland was 34 to 35 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

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