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Sonny Red: Sonny Red.

Read "Sonny Red." reviewed by Ron Meyers


Sonny Red is not your household name when it comes to alto sax players. Although Red played with Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Paul Quinichette, Donald Byrd, Grant Green and Blue Mitchell, to name a few, he still never became well known and this is a shame because he adds a unique voice to the alto. He died in 1981.

Sonny Red made two wonderful albums in 1961, both of which were released on Jazzland and long out of print. Thank Fantasy ...

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Sonny Red: Red, Blue & Green

Read "Red, Blue & Green" reviewed by Derek Taylor


Sylvester “Sonny Red” Kyner, Jr. was part of the fruitful exodus of Detroit jazzmen to New York in the late 1950s. Though his style was steeped in the deft architectures of Bebop his sound and approach also incorporated a healthy fascination with earlier traditions. This disc dusts off two of his sessions for the Jazzland label and delivers a substantial program of mainly originals from a player who should have recorded more often.

A strong team of sidemen fronted by ...

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Recording

Blue Mitchell + Sonny Red: '66

Blue Mitchell + Sonny Red: '66

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

If trumpeter Clifford Brown had a musical doppelgänger, it would probably be Blue Mitchell. Like Brown, Mitchell had a forceful, fleshy trumpet tone and a lyrical sophistication on runs and improvisation. There was a bouncy beauty and grace to Mitchell's playing, but he also could turn up the heat to make a point.  On March 20, 1966, Mitchell performed in Baltimore with alto saxophonist Sonny Red at the city's Crystal Ballroom. The concert was produced by the Left Bank Jazz ...

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Sonny Red - Out of the Blue (Blue Note)

Sonny Red - Out of the Blue (Blue Note)

Source: All About Jazz


Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Sonny Red.

Fantasy Jazz
2001

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Red, Blue & Green

Fantasy Jazz
2000

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Sonny Red

Milestone Records
1971

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Images

Milestone Records
1962

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The Mode

Riverside Records
1962

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The Mode

Milestone Records
1961

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