Red Holloway - Red Holloway & Company (1987)

Underestimated as a bop or straight jazz player. This CD finds Red in a quartet setting where the group plays two originals and six others more or less familiar tunes. Highlights: "But Not For Me", which starts off with a mellow first chorus before Red displays his individualistic improvisation while still retaining the melody. The group really wrings out all the possibilities of "Caravan". "Passion Flower" sounds good as a tenor sax spotlight almost as well as the unforgettable alto treatment by Johnny Hodges. Holloway shows some break-neck chops on a burning "Well, You Needn't". "Summertime" has a real unusual treatment with the lead off beat and first few notes which had me thinking of "St. Louis Blues". On "What's New?" Red switched to alto sax and from what I heard, he's one of those few players that is equally adept at playing both tenor and alto. The rhythm section on this set is tremendous, led by pianist Cedar Walton. The best accolade for Cedar is a comment made by Sonny Stitt, "If you play with Cedar, be sure to solo first. He sure is a tough man to follow". Bassist Richard Reid and drummer Jimmie Smith are the other two members of this superb section. ~ Extract by Robert J. Ament, Amazon.com. 

Concord Jazz, CCD-4322, 1987
Recorded January, 1987 at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California 

Musicians:
Red Holloway - Alto & Tenor Saxophones
Cedar Walton - Piano
Richard Reid - Bass
Jimmy Smith - Drums 

Tracks:
1. But Not For Me {George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin} (6:14)
2. Caravan {Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol} (5:37)
3. Passion Flowers {Billy Strayhorn} (5:02)
4. Blues For C.J. {Red Holloway} (5:38)
5. Well, You Needn't {Thelonious Monk} (4:21)
6. What's New? {Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart} (6:37)
7. Summertime {George & Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward} (5:46)
8. Tokyo Express {Red Holloway} (4:52) 

Total Time: 44:07 

Credits:
Producer - Carl E. Jefferson
Recording & Mixing Engineer - Phil Edwards
Cover Photograph - Don Saban
Art Direction - Tom Burgess