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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