Badass piano player. I love Red Garland. One of the most individualistic piano players in jazz. He introduced the block chording idea to jazz piano where he plays block chords with the left hand in the same rhythm as the melody in the right hand. This gave him one of the most distinctive sounds of any player and he did it with an amazing amount of feeling of swagger.
This has always been one of my very favorite jazz performances that I have on record; by any artist. A real classic:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J3UnzDeZ8lI
Btw, a not commonly known fact is that Red Garland was an accomplished boxer who actually fought Sugar Ray Robinson at age nineteen; he lost badly. Fortunately he decided then to concentrate on his other talent.
This has always been one of my very favorite jazz performances that I have on record; by any artist. A real classic:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J3UnzDeZ8lI
Btw, a not commonly known fact is that Red Garland was an accomplished boxer who actually fought Sugar Ray Robinson at age nineteen; he lost badly. Fortunately he decided then to concentrate on his other talent.