Sonny Red

alto saxophone, flute · 1932–1981 · Detroit (Michigan)

Sylvester Kyner Jr., known as Sonny Red, is a hard bop alto saxophonist, also a flutist and composer. He played with Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, Grant Green, Blue Mitchell and Wynton Kelly.

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Styles

• Hard bop

Landmark tracks

• Bluesville (1959)
• Blues in the Pocket (1959)
• The Lope (1960)

Sources

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