Freddie Redd

 

Artist:  Freddie Redd

Brn:  May 29, 1928.  Harlem, New York City, USA

Died:  March 17, 2021 (Aged 92) New York City USA

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Actor

Instruments:  Piano, Keyboards, Organ

Freddie Redd was an American Hard Bop Pianist and Composer.  He is best known for writing music to accompany The Connection (1959(, a play by Jack Gelber.  He hung out at Jazz Sessions in the 1950s and played with many of the major figures, Sonny Rollins to Art Blakey, and worked regularly with Charles Mingus.

Artist:  Freddie Redd Quintet

Title:  Shades Of Redd (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Thespian (7:00)

 2.  Blues-Blues-Blues (6:00)

 3.  Shadows (7:4)

Side Two:

 1.  Melanie (5:06)

 2.  Swift (4:02)

 3.  Just A Ballad For My Baby (4:14)

 5.  Ole (6:26)

Personnel:

Freddie Redd:  Piano

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone

Tina Brooks:  Tenor Saxophone

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Louis Hayes:  Drums

Shades Of Redd is an album by  Freddie Redd Quintet, originally released on May 1961 by Blue Note, released on September 19, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.