Sonny Red: Out of the Blue (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP 2024-may-sale bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer

bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Freddie Waits

crazed big band crescendos

” Lion gave Pearson the greenlight to assemble a Blue Note recording date with Coles as the leader

The third album in the series Trios: Sacred Thread features guitarist Julian Lage and percussionist Zakir Hussain

a group also including tenor saxophonist Harold Land

Sonny Red: Out of the Blue (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP 2024-may-sale bassist Herbie Lewis and drummerBlue Note, 1960 The Detroit born alto saxophonist Sonny Red made only one album as a leader for Blue Note, but Out of the Blue remains a gem of the catalog deserving of much wider recognition. Reds lightly swinging style shines on this 8 song set of bluesy originals and obscure standards, which was drawn from two different quartet sessions. The first sessionrecorded in December 1959 with Wynton Kelly on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Roy Brooks on