Sonny Red

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Sonny Red (born December 17, 1932 in Detroit as Sylvester Kyner Jr.; died March 20, 1981) was an alto saxophonist associated with Hard bop. He had some success in the 1960s, but fell into obscurity by the late 1970s.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 As Leader 1.2 As a sideman 2 External link

[edit] Discography

[edit] As Leader

• Sonny Red (Kyner) Quartet & Quintet: Red, Blue And Green (Milestone, 1961) with Cedar Walton, George Tucker, Jimmy Cobb, Blue Mitchell, Barry Harris, andGrant Green

[edit] As a sideman

• Tommy Flanagan & Curtis Fuller: Jazz .... It's Magic! (Savoy, 1957)
• Clifford Jordan: New Trombone (OJC, 1957), Mosaic (Milestone, 1961)
• Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (album) (1967)
• Donald Byrd: The Creeper (album) (1967)
• Yusef Lateef: The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)
• Paul Quinichette: On The Sunny Side (OJC, 1957)

[edit] External link

• All Music bio