Red Rodney Quintets
Released: Jan 16, 2001
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Released: Jan 16, 2001
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One of the nice things about new recording technology is that two older albums can often be re-released on one CD. The Red Rodney Quintets combines Modern Music from Chicago and Broadway, two...
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Hey, Chood
Released: Jun 23, 1998
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Released: Jun 23, 1998
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Trumpeter Red Rodney made a gradual comeback in the 1970s. Year by year, his chops would become less rusty, his solos more adventurous and his surroundings more stimulating, climaxing in his...
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1957
Released: Apr 14, 1998
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Released: Apr 14, 1998
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As the CD title implies, these sessions featuring trumpeter Red Rodney were taped in 1957, and listening to them is like discovering a long lost treasure. On the first date, his supporting cast...
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Then and Now
Released: May 13, 1992
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Released: May 13, 1992
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Red Rodney's final recording (cut two years before his death) finds the 64-year-old sticking exclusively to flugelhorn and still displaying strong chops. Performing with his working quintet (Chris...
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Sprint
Released: Nov 3, 1982
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Released: Nov 3, 1982
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The last of six LPs by the Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet was also the band's finest. There are times in the music (which consists of three originals by pianist Garry Dial, Herbie Hancock's "Speak...
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Spirit Within
Released: Sep 21, 1981
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Released: Sep 21, 1981
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By the time of their fifth record, the Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet also included pianist Garry Dial, bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Bagby, and it was a perfect vehicle for the...
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Night and Day
Released: Jun 15, 1981
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Released: Jun 15, 1981
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The Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet was one of the finest groups of the early 1980s. Rodney had an opportunity to play fresh material; Sullivan gained more exposure than he had ever had in his...
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Alive in New York
Released: May 8, 1980
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Released: May 8, 1980
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This is the third of three Muse LPs documenting a couple of gigs that the Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet had at the Village Vanguard in 1980. The five selections on the album (three originals,...
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