Alvin "Red" Tyler

baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger, horn, saxophone, instrument arranger

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

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Little Richard
Champion Jack Dupree
James Booker
Johnny Adams
Professor Longhair

Work on other artists' recordings

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Little Richard baritone saxophone, saxophone All Around the World, All Around the World (take 8), All Night Long (master - takes 6 & 7 intercut), All Night Long (take 10), Baby, Baby Face, Baby Face (take 4), Baby Face (takes 2 & 3 - false starts), By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (take 8), Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave, Directly From My Heart, Directly From My Heart (take 1), Directly From My Heart (take 4 - undubbed master), Good Golly, Miss Molly, Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 10), Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 7), Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 8), Good Golly, Miss Molly (two announcements, chatter & take 9), Good Golly, Miss Molly (version 1 - fast, unknown incomplete take faded in), Good Golly, Miss Molly (version 1, unknown complete take), Heeby-Jeebies (version 1 - slow, take 5), Heeby-Jeebies (version 1, take 9), Heeby-Jeebies (version 1, takes 6, 7 & 8 - false starts), Heeby-Jeebies (version 2, speeded up master), Heeby-Jeebies (version 2, take 5), Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 1), Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 2), Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 3), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 3), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 5 - false start & take 6), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 8), I Got It, I Got It (take 1), I Got It (take 9), I'm Just a Lonely Guy, I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone), I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (take 1 - false start & take 2), Jenny, Jenny, Kansas City (SLP 2136 master - take 2), Kansas City (take 1), Lonesome and Blue (master - probably take 5), Lonesome and Blue (take 3), Lonesome and Blue (take 4 - false start, take 7), Long Tall Sally, Lucille, Lucille (take 5 - false start), Maybe I'm Right, Maybe I'm Right (master - take 4), Maybe I'm Right (take 1), Miss Ann, Oh Why?, Oh Why? (take 4), Oh Why? (take 9), Ready Teddy, Ready Teddy (take 10), Ready Teddy (take 3), Ready Teddy (take 4), Rip It Up, Rip It Up (announcement & take 3), Rip It Up (take 13), Rip It Up (take 14), Send Me Some Lovin’, Shake a Hand (Specialty master), Shake a Hand (chatter & take 4 undubbed slowed-down), Shake a Hand (take 2), Slippin’ and Slidin’, The Girl Can't Help It (film version), The Girl Can't Help It (take 10 - false start & take 11), The Girl Can’t Help It, The Most I Can Offer, The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart), The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (take 4), Tutti Frutti, Tutti Frutti (take 2), Wonderin', Wonderin' (master - take 8), Wonderin' (take 9)
Champion Jack Dupree tenor saxophone Calcutta, My Woman Left Me, No Future, When I'm Drinkin'
James Booker tenor saxophone Baby Face, If You're Lonely, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, One for the Highway
Johnny Adams arranger Blinded by Love, Imitation of Love, Still in Love, The Night Is a Hunter
Professor Longhair baritone saxophone Ball the Wall, In the Night, Tipitina, Who's Been Fooling You
Cary Mourin instrument arranger, horn, tenor saxophone Frosty, Sometimes I Slip
Charles Brown baritone saxophone Merry Christmas Baby
Larry Williams baritone saxophone Hocus Pocus
Paul Gayten baritone saxophone If You Love Me, Tell Me So