Music from the Connection

Music from "The Connection"
Studio album by
Howard McGhee Quintet with Freddie Redd
Released1960
RecordedJune 13, 1960
StudioBell Sound (New York City)
GenreJazz
Length29:11
LabelFelsted
FL-7512
ProducerAlan Lorber, Ernest Kelley
Howard McGhee chronology
Dusty Blue
(1960) 		Music from "The Connection"
(1960) 		Together Again!!!!
(1961)
Freddie Redd chronology
The Music From The Connection
(1960) 		Music from "The Connection"
(1960) 		Shades of Redd
(1960)

Music from The Connection is a jazz album by trumpeter Howard McGhee recorded on June 13, 1960, and released on the Felsted label.[1][2] It features performances by McGhee, Tina Brooks, Freddie Redd, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson. The album featured music from the off-Broadway play The Connection by Jack Gelber, featuring music composed by Redd. A slightly earlier recording of the same score by the Freddie Redd Quartet with Jackie McLean, The Music From "The Connection", was issued by Blue Note.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Redd

Side-A

  1. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 4:25
  2. "Wigglin'" - 4:52
  3. "Music Forever" - 3:46
  4. "Time to Smile" - 3:53

Side-B

  1. "(Theme for) Sister Salvation" - 4:36
  2. "Jim Dunn's Dilemma" - 3:57
  3. "O.D. (Overdose)" - 3:42

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Felsted Album Discography by David Edwards and Mike Callahan, accessed July 5, 2017
  2. ^ Discogs album entry, accessed July 5, 2017
  3. ^ Music from the Connection – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
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