Jazz Articles about Red Holloway

Red Holloway: Coast to Coast

by Derek Taylor
October 19, 2003

With all the accolades and attention paid to acts like Soulive and Medeski, Martin and Wood, the true progenitors of their music often get lost in the shuffle. Milestone has been righting such wrongs for years by signing evergreen Soul Jazz talent to its ranks. This new entry by Red Holloway serves as the latest notice that the venerable voices of the idiom are still alive and kicking.

Holloway, who first gained acclaim as a member of ...

Red Holloway: Coast to Coast

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
October 11, 2003

My, my, my. It's impossible to stay in a bad mood listening to this new CD: five seasoned swingmeisters and a bag full of up-tempo blues. “Coast to Coast" achieves that perfect paradox: music that's tight and relaxed at the same time. It's a treat for tenor fans, with both the estimable Red Holloway and Frank Wess on the stand, and it's great to hear organist Dr. Lonnie Smith again, who remains one of the classiest practitioners of his instrument. ...

Jack McDuff Big Band: Prelude

by David Rickert
October 5, 2003

McDuff was one of the artists able to capitalize on the success of Jimmy Smith, who briefly made organ combos fashionable in the sixties. Prelude is the third in a series of McDuff compilations that comb his prolific Prestige years for the best material. Whereas the first two were split between live and studio recordings, this recent disc covers the tracks recorded with a big band under the leadership of Benny Golson.

This new approach was an ...

Red Holloway: In The Red

by Jim Santella
October 1, 1998

Growing up in Chicago, Red Holloway listened to Gene Ammons and Johnny Griffin while absorbing many of the world’s favorite jazz influences. At home working with a blues singer or a hard bop ensemble, the saxophonist has shared the stage with Jack McDuff, George Benson, B.B. King, Joe Williams, John Mayall, Ernestine Anderson, Etta James, and many more. Employing both tenor and alto on his latest album, Holloway is joined by pianist Norman Simmons, acoustic bassist Peter Washington, and drummer ...

Red Holloway: Legends of Acid Jazz: Red Holloway

by Douglas Payne
June 1, 1998

Tenor man Red Holloway was making headlines and packing clubs in the early sixties fronting Jack McDuff's powerhouse band (with guitarist George Benson) when the organist's label, Prestige, gave him a shot at making his own music. Although he'd been an active jazz player for two decades (and remains one today), Holloway only recorded his debut, The Burner in 1963, with young comers John Patton on organ and Eric Gale on guitar. That and 1965's Red Soul, the third of ...