With 17 years his father taught him to play the clarinet as a child without demonstrating any inclination for music. His true passion was boxing. Music teacher had to AS nor Jackson knew how to take it all its worth. Later he met Buster Smith, and then gave birth to her fondness for alto sax. Buster gave his lessons with the result desired by their parents and got to learn music and play the blues. It was in 1947, at the time of enlistment in the U.S. Army when he began playing the piano listening intently discs Count Basie and Nat King Cole in the juke-boxes of the barracks.
depth became interested in jazz and studied classical pianists of the swing, and James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson and Count Basie. Meanwhile, his love of boxing led him to play some fighting at welterweight, where he play 31 matches. In 1944 he obtained a contract the "Rose Room" in Dallas to perform with the orchestra who was his first teacher, Buster Smith. On the recommendation of this, Garland joined the group of Hot Lips Page kicking off from that point the Garland Red meteoric career as a jazz pianist. Performed at the Apollo in New York in 1945 after the dissolution of the orchestra joined Page for six weeks to Billy Eckstine where he met and became friends with Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie and all that bebop musicians time.
Between 1947 and 1949 was the pianist of the club "Down Beat" in Philadelphia and was fortunate to play in the quintet led by Charlie Parker, with the trumpeter Fats Navarro, saxophonist tenor, Ben Webster and John Coltrane. His nickname "Red" came as a result of a season in which his hair was dyed red. In 1949 he was named by Coleman Hawkins to serve as a pianist in his combo, and at that time coincided with and played with Lester Young. In 1956, Coleman Hawkins left and moved to Boston with a contract to play at the famous clubs of the city. "Storyville" and "Haig Hat." In June 1955, Miles Davis invited him to join his quintet where he met John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, and Elvin Jones. During the four years that Garland was in the Miles Davis Quintet, recorded some of the pieces represent the work of Miles.
In 1959 decided to form a trio when she left the Miles Davis group, but its failure was not overwhelming and soared into the air until 1966. Red Garland was one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time and one of the greats of the instrument in modern jazz.
depth became interested in jazz and studied classical pianists of the swing, and James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson and Count Basie. Meanwhile, his love of boxing led him to play some fighting at welterweight, where he play 31 matches. In 1944 he obtained a contract the "Rose Room" in Dallas to perform with the orchestra who was his first teacher, Buster Smith. On the recommendation of this, Garland joined the group of Hot Lips Page kicking off from that point the Garland Red meteoric career as a jazz pianist. Performed at the Apollo in New York in 1945 after the dissolution of the orchestra joined Page for six weeks to Billy Eckstine where he met and became friends with Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie and all that bebop musicians time.
Between 1947 and 1949 was the pianist of the club "Down Beat" in Philadelphia and was fortunate to play in the quintet led by Charlie Parker, with the trumpeter Fats Navarro, saxophonist tenor, Ben Webster and John Coltrane. His nickname "Red" came as a result of a season in which his hair was dyed red. In 1949 he was named by Coleman Hawkins to serve as a pianist in his combo, and at that time coincided with and played with Lester Young. In 1956, Coleman Hawkins left and moved to Boston with a contract to play at the famous clubs of the city. "Storyville" and "Haig Hat." In June 1955, Miles Davis invited him to join his quintet where he met John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, and Elvin Jones. During the four years that Garland was in the Miles Davis Quintet, recorded some of the pieces represent the work of Miles.
In 1959 decided to form a trio when she left the Miles Davis group, but its failure was not overwhelming and soared into the air until 1966. Red Garland was one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time and one of the greats of the instrument in modern jazz.
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