The centenary of Red Garland's birth is on Saturday. The pianist was born on March 13, 1923 and died on April 23, 1984. To celebrate Garland, I selected his tasty 1956 debut trio album A Garland of Red (Prestige) as this week's Backgrounder—the full album without ad interruption. The album features Garland, Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums.
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