Sonny Red

Sonny Red (December 17, 1932, in Detroit as Sylvester Kyner Jr. – March 20, 1981) was an American alto saxophonist associated with the hard bop idiom among other styles. He had some success in the 1960s, but had fallen into obscurity by the late 1970s.^[1][2]

Discography

As leader

• 1957: Two Altos (Regent, 1957) - shared album with Art Pepper
• 1959-60: Out of the Blue (Blue Note)
• 1961: Breezing (Jazzland)
• 1961: A Story Tale (Jazzland) - with Clifford Jordan
• 1961: The Mode (Jazzland) - with Grant Green and Barry Harris
• 1962: Images (Jazzland) - with Grant Green and Barry Harris
• 1971: Sonny Red (Mainstream)

As sideman

With Donald Byrd

• Mustang! (1967)
• Blackjack (1967)
• Slow Drag (1967)
• The Creeper (1967)

With Curtis Fuller

• New Trombone (Prestige, 1957)
• Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (New Jazz, 1957)
• Jazz ...It's Magic! (Regent, 1957)

With Bill Hardman

• Bill Hardman
• Saying Something

With Yusef Lateef

• The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)

With Paul Quinichette

• On the Sunny Side (Prestige, 1957)

With Bobby Timmons

• Live at the Connecticut Jazz Party (Early Bird Records, 1964)

With Frank Wess

• Jazz Is Busting Out All Over (1957)

References

External links

• Review of the 2003 edition of the Annual Review of Jazz Studies in the online journal Mississippi Rag covers an extensive oral history of Sylvester "Sonny Red" Kyner by Anders Svanoe.