Jazz / Soul-Jazz, Mainstream Jazz
Red Holloway - Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Vocals
Dwight Dickerson - Piano
Harry "Sweets" Edison - Trumpet
Hayden Carruth Liner Notes
Jon Bates Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
Paul Bacon Cover Design
Paul Humphrey Drums
Richard Reid Bass
Rollo Phlecks Photography, Design
The great Harry "Sweets" Edison joins Holloway and his backing unit -- pianist Dwight Dickerson, bassist Richard Reid and drummer Paul Humphrey -- on this lively outing recorded at the 1995 Floating Jazz Festival. Featured tracks include "River's Invitation," "Wave," "Well You Needn't" and "Nica's Dream." ~ Jason Ankeny, 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, Swing, Soul-Jazz, Mainstream Jazz
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 work mostly as a leader, but also guested with Juggernaut and the Cheathams, and played with Clark Terry on an occasional basis. He continued being active as a player into the 21st century, releasing Standing Room Only on Chiaroscuro Records in 2000; Keep That Groove Going, with Plas Johnson, on Milestone Records in 2001; Coast to Coast, also on Milestone Records, in 2003; and Go Red Go! in 2009 on Delmark Records.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
