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Hard Bop legend Freddie Redd is gigging again in LA

Posted by Allan Songer (A) on November 2, 2005 at 07:12:57

I have always loved Freddie Redd. He has been sadly under recorded and under appreciated throughout his career, but the small recorded legacy is nothing short of outstanding. He is best known for his two LPs for Blue Note from 1960-- "The Connection" and "Shades of Redd," both of which are hard bop classics and feature stalwarts like Jackie McLean, Tina Brooks, Paul Chambers, etc. There was a 3rd Blue Note LP that remained unreleased until the fine Mosaic Records box set "The Complete Freddie Redd Blue Note Recordings" came out in the late 1980's. That release led to a an album on Milestone called "Everybody Loves A Winner" in 1990 with the GREAT Teddy Edwards on tenor. I used to hear Freddie live quite a bit in the early 90's here in LA but in the last few years his gigs have been few and far between. I sometimes would run into him in clubs and ask him if he was playing anywhere and he's just say--"soon, soon I'll be back out there." Well, at age 77 he's back out there with a monthly gig at the Cafe Metropol in downtown LA. It's billed as "Freddie Redd and Freinds" and you never know who might show up--last time he had Herman Riley on tenor and needless to say it was a VERY soulful and bluesy evening.

Freddie's next gig is on November 21 and I sure would like to see anyone who loves jazz and who lives in SoCal to try to make it out to see a living legend.

The Cafe Metropol is in Downtown LA. Music starts around 8 PM.

923 E. Third Street
Los Angeles
(213) 613-1537

• Nice writeup in LA Weekly on Freddie Redd   (Open in New Window)

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