Sonny Red
Sonny Red (Kyner) (* 17th December 1932 in Detroit as a junior Sylvester Kyner ; † 20th March 1981 ) was an American alto saxophonist of hard bop .
Live and act
Sonny Red Kyner initially played the C melody saxophone , but switched to the alto saxophone in 1949. From 1949 to 1952 he worked with Barry Harris , was tenor saxophonist with Art Blakey and Frank Rosolino in 1954, he came to New York in 1957 and has worked as a freelance musician ever since. He made records with Clifford Jordan , Paul Quinichette , Yusef Lateef , Tommy Flanagan / Curtis Fuller and under his own name.
Selected panels
as a leader
- Sonny Red: out of the blue (Blue Note, 1960) with Wynton Kelly , Sam Jones , Paul Chambers , Jimmy Cobb , Roy Brooks
- Sonny Red (Kyner) Quartet & Quintet: Red, Blue And Green (Milestone, 1961) with Cedar Walton , George Tucker , Jimmy Cobb , Blue Mitchell , Barry Harris , Grant Green
as a sideman
- Tommy Flanagan & Curtis Fuller: Jazz .... It's Magic! (Savoy, 1957)
- Clifford Jordan: New Trombone (OJC, 1957), Mosaic (Milestone, 1961)
- Yusef Lateef: The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)
- Paul Quinichette: On The Sunny Side (OJC, 1957)
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazzlexikon, Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1993.
- Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
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| SURNAME | Sonny Red |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kyner, Sonny Red; Kyner, Junior Sylvester (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hardbop alto saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1981 |
| Place of death | Detroit |