Four Classic Albums (Get Happy With Freddie Redd / The Music From "The Connection" / San Francisco Suite / Shades of Redd)
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Freddie Redd
Four Classic Albums (Get Happy With Freddie Redd / The Music From "The Connection" / San Francisco Suite / Shades of Redd)
[ Avid / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 4 August 2017
New York City born hard bop pianist Freddie Redd is perhaps best known for his score for the stage play and subsequent film of the Jack Geller written "The Connection", which is featured here. Not only did Freddie write the music but alongside fellow musicians like Jackie McLean he also starred in both the stage play and the film. Such was the project's success that Freddie was also able to tour with the production around the States and in Europe where he played in London and Paris. Perhaps he became too associated with the play as it did not appear to lead him on to greater successes during the coming years. This is a shame as Freddie would make many fine albums, three others of which we include here. A fine, hard to find, early album recorded in Sweden alongside the Riverside release "San Francisco Suite" and another for Blue Note "Shades of Redd". Artists Freddie Redd has played with include Tiny Grimes, Art Blakey, Ernestine Anderson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers, Charles Mingus, Billy Higgins and Lou Donaldson. Still going strong today, Freddie Redd is still out there on the road, completing his last tour as recently as 2013, at the tender age of 85!
Tracks:
CD1
1. Get Happy (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
2. Guessin' (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
3. Studio Blues (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
4. Tunnelbanan (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
5. Farewell To Sweden (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
6. Dawn Mist (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
7. Duo (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
8. Beautiful Adela (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
9. Ohio (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
10. Blues X (Get Happy with Freddie Redd)
11. Who Killed Cock Robin (The Music from "The Connection")
12. Wiggin' (The Music from "The Connection")
13. Music Forever (The Music from "The Connection")
14. Time To Smile (The Music from "The Connection")
15. Theme For Sister Salvation (The Music from "The Connection")
16. Jim Dunn's Dilemma (The Music from "The Connection")
17. OD (The Music from "The Connection")
CD2
1. San Francisco Suite (San Francisco Suite)
2. Blue Hour (San Francisco Suite)
3. By Myself (San Francisco Suite)
4. Old Man River (San Francisco Suite)
5. Minor Interlude (San Francisco Suite)
6. This Is New (San Francisco Suite)
7. Nica Steps Out (San Francisco Suite)
8. The Thespian (Shades Of Redd)
9. Blues Blues Blues (Shades Of Redd)
10. Shadows (Shades Of Redd)
11. Melanie (Shades Of Redd)
12. Swift (Shades Of Redd)
13. Just A Ballad For My Baby (Shades Of Redd)
14. Ole (Shades Of Redd)
