Artist: 
Freddie Redd

Shades Of Redd

Blue Note Classic Vinyl
€29,99

Release date: 19 September 2025

Article Number: 516986000

The underrated hard bop pianist and composer Freddie Redd gained prominence as the composer of the score for the stage play "The Connection" and continued to show his compositional prowess on his second Blue Note date "Shades of Redd" featuring Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Tracklisting:

Shades of Redd (1959)

A1. Thespian

A2. Blues-Blues-Blues

A3. Shadows

B1. Melanie

B2. Swift

B3. Just A Ballad For My Baby

B4. Olé

Freddie Redd (piano); Jackie McLean (alto sax); Tina Brooks (tenor sax); Paul Chambers (bass); Louis Hayes (drums)