Red Garland

William "Red" Garland (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American hard bop jazz pianist whose block chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, influenced many forthcoming pianists in the jazz idiom.

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    In robes of red generation resurrects.”
    —George Barker (b. 1913)

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    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 1:8-9.