Pianist Red Garland is best known as the pianist Miles Davis hired in 1955 when pianist Ahmad Jamal turned him down. Davis was in awe of Ahmad's modernist, bluesy swinging style on the keyboard, so much that after he hired Garland, he recorded songs such as Surrey With the Fringe on Top, A Gal in Calico and Billy Boy with Garland playing virtually the s…
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