RedRodney's comeback in the late '70s was quite inspiring and found the veteran beboptrumpeter playing even better than he had during his legendary period with Charlie Parker.
Rodney made strong contributions to the bands of Gene Krupa (1946), Claude Thornhill, and Woody Herman's Second Herd (1948-1949).
RedRodney, who was portrayed quite sympathetically in the Clint Eastwood film Bird (during which he played his own solos), stands as proof that for the most open-minded veterans there is life beyond bop.
Red played with Wright's Big Band for three years at the Parkway Ballroom and then, when he was nineteen, joined the Army, where he became Bandmaster for the U. Fifth Army Band.
In 1967 Red moved to Los Angeles and in 1969 became the coordinator of talent and member of the house band at the famed Parisian Room.
Red quit as talent coordinator for the Parisian Room after his request for a cost-of-living raise was denied; the club closed eight months thereafter.
The word is getting out that RED is the future, but for us it is right now.
After holding these bad boys in our hands and putting the cameras through the full neveldine/taylor acid test our faith in the mad scientists at RED labs is unlimited.
In fact, most people picked the RED footage as film because of a greater dynamic range in the highlights than in the 5218.
