Red Garland
Sign in to saveAlso known as William "Red" Garland, William McKinley "Red" Garland, Jr.
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1923-05-13
- Active to
- 1984-04-23
cool jazzhard bopjazz
Discography
- Red Garland’s Piano1957
- Red in Blues-Ville1959
- Moodsville, Volume 3: Red Alone1960
- Soul Burnin'1964
- Lil' Darlin'1965
- Red Garland Revisited!1969
- The Quota1973
- Auf Wiedersehen1975
- Crossings1978
- Red Alert1978
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William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jazz piano. William "Red" Garland was born in 1923 in Dallas, Texas. He began his musical studies on the clarinet and alto saxophone, having studied with saxophonist Buster "Prof" Smith, who had been an early mentor of alto saxophonist Charlie Parker in Kansa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Garland
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Place of death
- Dallas
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- modern jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Prestige
- Image
- Red Garland 9A.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1923-05-13
- date of death
- 1984-04-23
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- pseudonym
- Red Garland
- birth name
- William McKinley Garland, Jr.
- name in native language
- Red Garland
- end of work period
- 1984-00-00
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