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Freddie Redd: 'Shades of Redd' (1960)

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Marc Myers
Oct 16, 2025
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The year 1960 was a busy one for pianist Freddie Redd. In April he recorded The Music From “The Connection” (Blue Note), his original score for the stark off-off Broadway play about jazz musicians and their struggles with heroin addiction. Some of the actors on stage were played by jazz musicians, including the quartet that performed Redd’s music. [Phot…

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