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.

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or garland:

    “And must I wholly banish hence
    These red and golden juices,
    And pay my vows to Abstinence,
    That pallidest of Muses?”
    —Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    “There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers’ wives.”
    —Hamlin Garland (1860–1940)