Red Garland (piano)
"At the prelude"
Red Garland's double CD set, Red Garland Trio at the Prelude - originally recorded on Oct. 2, 1959 - is a pleasant addition to the Garland discography, as it has now been released in its entirety for the first time by Concord Records. Concord had purchased the Fantasy Records discography, which had Prestige Records in its roster of many labels. Tracks from this collection had originally been released piecemeal on four different Prestige LPs, with only one titled Red Garland Trio at the Prelude. Other tracks from this present set were previously released as Red Garland/Little Darlin'; Red Garland/Live; and Red Garland/Satin Doll. In addition this new Concord/Prestige release features three previously unreleased tracks: from Disc 1, there is added Duke Ellington's Satin Doll. From Disc 2, Ray Noble's Cherokee and Count Basie's One O'Clock Jump are added. For the completist, Concord has even added a 31 second false start of Neil Hefti's classic Lil' Darlin, also issued in its entirety from the same night on Disc 1.
Another special reason to add this Garland date to your piano trio collection is the fact that Rudy Van Gelder made one of his few forays away from his New Jersey recording studio to handle the engineering duties for this live set. From Van Gelder's vast (likely thousands) sessions as ace engineer, there are but a fraction of sessions recorded away from his New Jersey recording studios for live recordings.
Disque : 1
1. M-Squad Theme
2. There Will Never Be Another You
3. Let Me See
4. We Kiss In A Shadow
5. Blues In The Closet
6. Satin Doll (Previously Unissued)
7. Lil' Darlin' (False Start / Previously Unissued)
8. Lil' Darlin'
9. One O'Clock Jump
10. Perdido
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Like Someone In Love
Disque : 2
1. It'S A Blue World
2. Marie
3. Bohemian Blues
4. One O'Clock Jump
5. A Foggy Day
6. Satin Doll
7. Mr. Wonderful
8. Just Squeeze Me (But Don'T Tease Me)
9. Prelude Blues
10. Cherokee (Previously Unissued)
11. One O'Clock Jump (Previously Unissued)