Sonny Red Catalog

1957 (age 25)

Art Pepper, Sonny Redd   (Regent RMG-6069)   1959

Sonny Redd, alto sax; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Elvin Jones, drums.

Chicago, IL, November 12, 1957

Watkins Products
Redds Head

** also released on Savoy MG 12215 in early 1970s.

Various Artists - Jazz Is Busting Out All Over   (Savoy MG-12123)   1958

Sonny Redd, alto sax; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Elvin Jones, drums.: same session.

Chicago, IL, November 12, 1957

Stop

1959

Sonny Red - Out Of The Blue   (Blue Note BLP 4032)   1960

Sonny Red, alto sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 5, 1959

tk.3Bluesville
tk.5Stay As Sweet As You Are
tk.10I've Never Been In Love Before
tk.12Blues In The Pocket
tk.13Alone Too Long
tk.19Nadia

Sonny Red, alto sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 23, 1960

tk.8Stairway To The Stars
tk.13The Lope

** also released on Blue Note BST 84032, CDP 7243 8 52440 2 5 in 1996.

Sonny Red - Out Of The Blue   (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52440 2 5)   1996

Sonny Red, alto sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.: same session.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 23, 1960

tk.10Crystal
tk.15Lost April
tk.17You're Sensational

** originally released on Blue Note BLP 4032 in 1960 + 5 bonus tracks.

Sonny Red - Alone Too Long / Blues In The Pocket   (Blue Note 45-1762)   1960

Sonny Red, alto sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Roy Brooks, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 5, 1959

tk.14Alone Too Long (45 rpm version)

1960

Various Artists - Rare Tracks: The Other Side Of Blue Note 4000 Series   (Blue Note (J) TOCJ-5941/44)   1994

Sonny Red, alto sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 23, 1960

tk.3Blues For Kokee
tk.7You're Driving Me Crazy

Sonny Red - Breezing   (Jazzland JLP 32)   1961

Blue Mitchell, trumpet #1,3,5,6; Sonny Red, alto sax; Yusef Lateef, tenor sax #1,3,5,6; Barry Harris, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Albert Heath, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, November 3, 1960

1.Brother B.
2.All I Do Is Dream Of You
3.The New Blues
4.Ditty
5.'Teef
6.Breezing
7.A Handful Of Stars
8.If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

** also released on Jazzland JLP 932S in 1961.

1961

Sonny Red - The Mode   (Jazzland JLP 59)   1962

Sonny Red, alto sax; Cedar Walton, piano; George Tucker, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, May 29, 1961

I Like The Likes Of You
Bye, Bye Blues
Never, Never Land
Ko-kee

Sonny Red, alto sax; Barry Harris, piano; Grant Green, guitar; George Tucker, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 14, 1961

Moon River
Super-20
The Mode

** also released on Jazzland JLP 959 in 1962.
** part of Red, Blue & Green, Milestone MCD-47086-2 in 2000.

Sonny Red - Images   (Jazzland JLP 74)   1962

Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Sonny Red, alto sax; Barry Harris, piano; George Tucker, bass; Lex Humphries, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, June 28, 1961

Images
Blues For Donna
Dodge City

Sonny Red, alto sax; Barry Harris, piano; Grant Green, guitar #1,2; George Tucker, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 14, 1961

1.Blue Sonny
2.The Rhythm Thing
3.Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

** also released on Jazzland JLP 974 in 1962; Original Jazz Classics OJC-148 in 1984.
** part of Red, Blue & Green, Milestone MCD-47086-2 in 2000.

1971 (age 39)

Sonny Red   (Mainstream MRL 324)   1971

Sylvester "Sonny Red" Kyner, tenor, alto sax, flute; Cedar Walton, piano; Herbie Lewis, bass, viola; Billy Higgins, drums.

The Record Plant, NYC, released 1971

Love Song
Tears
Mustang
And Then Again
My Romance
A Time For Love
Rodan