Genre: Piano jazz
Places I remember: Ray's Jazz bar in Foyles at Charing Cross, London
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Squirrel
Gear costume: Love For Sale
Active compensatory factors: Recorded in 1971 but not released until a few years later, Red shows that he still has the goods (I believe in jazz muso circles this is referred to as 'chops').
His legacy stretches back to the mid fifties, with Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Although not recording during the late sixties he returned in the seventies with a flourish. He passed away in April 1984.
My copy from the second hand bin at Ray's Jazz is a promo copy that also has a faded stamp on the back cover saying RR Records, Glendale, California. So it's much travelled, at least from America to London to New Zealand!
It's the perfect after school/work on a Friday afternoon sort of record. That is, it's brilliant piano jazz, played by vets who know what they are doing.
Where do they all belong? A safe pair of hands! Pity about that cover though - worse in real life!
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