Red Rodney: 1957

Red Rodney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 14, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Prevue Records
• ASIN: B00000JK2Q
• Also Available in: DVD Audio  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,615 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Star Eyes

2. You Better Go Now

3. Stella by Starlight

4. Red Arrow

5. Box 2000

6. Ubas

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Music But..., October 15, 2000

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Rodney: 1957 (Audio CD)

Red Rodney's "1957" is a great album but it is the exact same material as is on the Savoy CD "Fiery" (see my review). I mail-ordered this title without realizing this. Don't repeat my mistake.

1.0 out of 5 stars cost rating but DUH!, February 11, 2012

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I just don't get it. $65 (current price) for the CD and the DVDA goes for $9.... how crazy is that. DVDA=CD...

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent session for Rodney and company, November 8, 2005

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Rodney: 1957 (Audio CD)

This 1957 date, originally done for Signal and subsequently issued on Savoy, is one of Red's finest. It also marked a high water mark in his career: it was the last thing he would record (other than an obscure session for Argo two years later) for the next 16 years, the result of a very bad drug habit.

The album starts off with a long version of STAR EYES, a tune Red's mentor and hero Charlie Parker recorded twice. It's done medium tempo and pianist Tommy Flanagan really shines. Four of the remaining five selections are done up-tempo (thus the CDs title), and both Red and tenor sax man Ira Sullivan cook on these titles. Best is RED ARROW, a Frank Wess composition, that has a handsome theme out of which Red comes wailing; on this track Sullivan plays trumpet and he and Rodney duel each other in fours and then twos to the end. It's a great performance.

YOU'D BETTER GO NOW, a pretty Frank Foster ballad, is played beautifully by Red and Ira on tenor. The rhythm section of Oscar Pettiford (b) and Philly Joe Jones (d) is rock solid throughout. It's a shame that such a high quality album should mark the last from Red for such a long time to come, though we can be thankful it was made before the fall. An excellent CD; definitely worth checking out.