Red Prysock

Red Prysock: Swingsation

by Ed Kopp
March 1, 2000

Early last year, I wrote a review of a CD called Saxomania: Honkers and Screamers (Charly, 1995), a rowdy release featuring various ‘50s R&B saxologists. What drew me to the CD were six hard-to-find tracks by one of my favorite jump blowers, the late Red Prysock. Shortly after my review appeared, I received a bunch of e-mails from Prysock fans across the U.S., half of them Korean War vets, who thanked me profusely for plugging the CD. Apparently longtime Prysock ...