Pianist Red Garland’s heyday was in the 1950s, when he was a member of the first Miles Davis Quintet from 1955 to 1958 and was recorded as a trio leader and sideman for Prestige. In the 1960s, his popularity waned as his straight-ahead style of piano was sidelined by the changing pop and jazz landscape.
Mid-decade, he returned home to Dallas, Texas, and …