Biography
Freddie Redd (May 29, 1928 – March 17, 2021) 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. According to Peter Watrous, writing in The New York Times: "Mr. Redd hung out at jam sessions in the 1950s and played with many of the major figures, Sonny Rollins to Art Blakey, and worked regularly with Charles Mingus. When things got tough, he just moved on, living in Guadalajara, Mexico, and in Paris and London."
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
346 releases · 37 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 640
- Production · 7
- Other credits · 6
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Trident Studios · Soundville Recording Studios, Luzern
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Gene Ammons
- John Zorn
- Freddie Redd Quartet
- James Taylor (2)
- The Art Farmer Quintet
- Freddie Redd Quintet
- Joe Roland Quintette