Freddie Redd: Shades of Redd 1LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) ETJS-22 South African pianist

South African pianist

Introducing Kenny Burrell put the jazz world on notice in 1956 that an extraordinary new guitarist was on the scene who combined bebop and the blues with smoky aplomb

and Kenny Wollesen on drums for a set of new Lage originals that evoke classic guitar/organ soul jazz through the prism of Lage’s signature sound

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Freddie Redd: Shades of Redd 1LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) ETJS-22 South African pianistBlue Note, 1960 The underrated hard bop pianist and composer Freddie Redd first gained a degree of prominence as the composer of the remarkable score for the acclaimed stage play The Connection, in which he also appeared as an actor playing the role of a jazz pianist. Redds 1960 Blue Note debut was a recording of The Music from The Connection and he would continue to display his compositional prowess on his next date, Shades of Redd, recorded later