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| 1. | The Chase
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| 2. | In My Solitude
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| 3. | Snu-Fu
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| 4. | The Gypsy
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| 5. | Claudia
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| 6. | Watermelon Man
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| 7. | A Tear in My Heart
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| 8. | Rapture
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Jazz
Red Holloway- tenor saxophone/alto saxophone
Norman Simmons- piano
Peter Washington- bass
Kenny Washington- drums
Red Holloway went into the Van Gelder Studios and came out with one of the hottest tenor quartet recordings in a long time. Coming out of Chicago, when the tenor was king, Red has the best qualities of two other Windy City tenor-men: he combines the big tone of Gene Ammons and the whirlwind execution of Johnny Griffin. Backed by the unbeatable rhythm section of Norman Simmons, Peter Washington and Kenny Washington, Red wails through jazz classics by Harold Land, Duke Ellington, Dexter Gordon and Herbie Hancock as well as a couple of originals by himself and pianist Simmons.
* Bob Porter - Liner Notes
* Dick Smith - Art Direction
* Houston Person - Producer
* J. Flint - Photography
* Ken Franckling - Photography
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Red Holloway is joined by a set of veteran jazz performers for a no-nonsense, down-to-earth blowing session recalling those magnificent Prestige and Blue Note recordings of the 1950s and 1960s by Johnny Griffin, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt and others. The first cut, "The Chase," was the vehicle for the seminal Dexter GordonWardell Gray tenor sax battle recorded in 1947, which set the ground rules for all such battles to come. On this cut, Holloway shows he has lost little, if any, of the fingering dexterity that characterized his playing in earlier days with such notables as "Brother" Jack McDuff, Bill Doggett, and Lloyd Price. Holloway continues to be equally adroit on alto as he is on tenor, bringing out the smaller sax on "The Gypsy" and "A Tear in My Heart" (the latter a composition by piano player Norman Simmons). A highlight of the album is the very poignant rendition of Duke Ellington's "In My Solitude," played in soulful, long musical lines.
HighNote Records, the successor to the old Muse label, became a home for several veteran saxophonists. In addition to Holloway, the stable includes Houston Person and Teddy Edwards. HighNote deserves considerable kudos for providing a forum for this hard driving saxophone playing, done with soul, which otherwise might be lost.
---Dave Nathan, All Music Guide
Red Holloway
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: May 31, 1927 in Helena, AR
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Swing
An exuberant player with attractive tones on both tenor and alto, Red Holloway is also a humorous blues singer. Whether it be bop, blues, or R&B, Holloway can hold his own with anyone. Holloway played in Chicago with Gene Wright's big band (1943-1946), served in the Army, and then played with Roosevelt Sykes (1948) and Nat Towles (1949-1950), before leading his own quartet (1952-1961) during an era when he also recorded with many blues and R&B acts. Holloway came to fame, in 1963, while touring with Jack McDuff, making his first dates as a leader for Prestige (1963-1965). Although he has cut many records in R&B settings, Red Holloway is a strong bop soloist at heart, as he proved in the 1970s when he battled Sonny Stitt to a tie on their recorded collaboration. He went on to mostly work as a leader, but has also guested with Juggernaut and the Cheathams, and played with Clark Terry on an occasional basis.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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