When There Are Grey Skies

When There Are Grey Skies is an album by the jazz pianist Red Garland, recorded in 1962 and released the following year on the Prestige label.^[2]

When There Are Grey Skies
Studio album by Red Garland
Released	March 1963^[1]
Recorded	October 9, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:31
Label	Prestige PRLP 7258
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Red Garland chronology
Red's Good Groove (1962) When There Are Grey Skies (1963) The Quota (1971)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat	^[3]
Allmusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Jazz critic Harvey Pekar, writing for DownBeat magazine, had this to say about Garland: "Garland is one of the most important figures in recent jazz piano history. His method of block-chording has influenced many other pianists. Also important is the way he establishes a groove with his left hand..."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Sonny Boy" (Brown, DeSylva, Henderson, Jolson) - 5:16
2. "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" (Meyer, Ruby) - 3:40
3. "St. James Infirmary" (Primrose) - 6:41
4. "I Ain't Got Nobody" (Graham, Peyton, Williams) - 3:55
5. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Warfield, Williams) - 4:08
6. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See" (Traditional) - 12:00
7. "My Blue Heaven" (Donaldson, Whiting) - 3:51 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Red Garland - piano
• Wendell Marshall - double bass
• Charlie Persip - drums

References

1. Billboard Mar 30, 1963
2. At JazzDisco
3. DownBeat: June 6, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 13
4. Allmusic Review
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 527. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.