Red Garland's Red in Bluesville
Music Roadtrip
Video Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8-7RGrMdJ8
Description: On the cover of Red Garland’s 1959 album *Red in Bluesville*, the pianist seems to be caught mid-thought on a quiet residential stretch of Hell’s Kitchen, right in front of 446 W 50th Street. You can almost hear the after-hours blues tumbling out of a neighborhood bar as the sun drops behind the tenements, the city’s grit softening into neon and shadow. Standing on this block today, the hum of modern Manhattan overlays the memory of Garland’s unhurried swing, turning an ordinary stoop into a time portal back to late-’50s New York jazz. This is one of the evocative stops in the MusicRoadTrip.com App.
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