Red Holloway - The Burner (1963)

This is first of four albums that Red Holloway recorded for Prestige during 1963-65. On this LP Holloway is heard in fine form as a powerful bluesy tenor sax soloist. He is notably joined by trumpeters Paul Serrano & Hobart Dotson, guitarist Eric Gale, hammond organist John Patton, bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Herbie Lovelle. The majority of the tunes are written by Holloway with exception of "Crib Theme" and "Moonlight In Vermont". The compositions are played in a very compelling mode of soul-jazz verging on bop with some exceptional solos by many of these gifted players. As his first on Prestige this in many ways is his best and not to be missed.

Prestige Records, PRST 7299, 1963

Recorded 27^th August (#B3) and 10^th October (#A1-B2), 1963 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Personnel:

#A1-B2

Red Holloway - Tenor Saxophone

Paul Serrano - Trumpet

John Patton - Organ

Eric Gale - Guitar

Leonard Gaskin - Bass

Herbie Lovelle - Drums

#B3 Only

Red Holloway - Tenor Saxophone

Hobart Dotson - Trumpet

George Butchka [aka John Patton] - Organ

Bobby Durham - Guitar

Thomas Palmer - Bass

Charles Lindsey - Drums

Track Listing:

A1. Monkey Sho Can Talk {Red Holloway} (3:37)

A2. Brethren {Red Holloway} (5:06)

A3. Crib Theme {Ozzie Cadena} (10:12)

B1. The Burner {Red Holloway} (10:36)

B2. Miss Judie Mae {Red Holloway} (3:13)

B3. Moonlight In Vermont {John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf} (6:00)

Credits:

Supervision - Ozzie Cadena

Recording Engineer - Rudy van Gelder

Liner Notes - Francis Squibb (Nov. 1963)