Here is Red at his sweetest. An overlooked album with a lovley treatment of Sonny Boy that speaks volumes about style and that middle of the evening feel only Garland can give. Baby Won't You Please Come Home pleads without being cloying and My Blue Heaven has the edge that 'feels' like you are truly in a jazz club. One of the best of Red's works.
In May 1956, when Sonny Rollins and guest John Coltrane locked horns on the friendly throwdown "Tenor Madness," Coltrane was 29, and Rollins four years his junior. But at this point in their careers, Sonny had the jackrabbit head start. He'd been recording under his own name since 1951, and was much admired; Coltrane hadn't yet made a record of his own. It's easy to forget, sometimes, Coltrane wasn't always lionized; some reviewers of his early… more »
