Solar (Red Garland album)

Solar
Studio album by Red Garland Quartet
Released	September 1962[1]
Recorded	January 30, 1962 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:11
Label	Jazzland JLP 73
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Red Garland Quartet chronology
The Nearness of You (1961) Solar (1962) Red's Good Groove (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Solar is an album by jazz musician Red Garland, recorded in 1962 and released the same year on Jazzland as JLP 73.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Sophisticated Swing" (Hudson, Parish) - 5:31
2. "Solar" (Miles Davis/Chuck Wayne) - 5:03
3. "Where Are You?" (Adamson, McHugh) - 5:17
4. "Marie's Delight" (Garland) - 3:33
5. "This Can't Be Love" (Rodgers, Hart) - 4:08
6. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 5:29
7. "Blues For 'News" (Garland) - 3:24
8. "I Just Can't See for Lookin'" (Nadine Robinson, Dok Stanford) - 5:46

Personnel

• Red Garland - piano
• Les Spann - guitar, flute (#3, 6)
• Sam Jones - bass
• Frank Gant - drums

References

1. "Jazz LP's", Billboard, p. 31, Sep 15, 1962
2. Scott Yanow. Solar (review) at AllMusic
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 527. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "Red Garland Catalog: Red Garland Quartet - Solar", Jazz Discography Project, retrieved Oct 21, 2024