Redd's Blues

Redd's Blues is an album by the American pianist Freddie Redd, recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1988.^[1]

Redd's Blues
Studio album by Freddie Redd
Released	1988
Recorded	January 17, 1961
Studio	Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:36
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Freddie Redd chronology
Extemporaneous (1978) Redd's Blues (1988) Lonely City (1989)

Releases and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Redd's Blues was released on LP in 1988, and on CD in 2002.^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "very dull indeed", and added that "Freddie's compositions are pastiche bebop, and if you were told these had been written to soundtrack a 'jazz play' you'd readily believe it".^[3] The AllMusic reviewer concluded that "Redd's Blues sounds like one of those off-days where the music just came out sounding generic and lifeless".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Redd

1. "Now" - 7:15
2. "Cute Doot" - 6:17
3. "Old Spice" - 7:04
4. "Blues for Betsy" - 5:02
5. "Somewhere" - 5:56
6. "Love Lost" - 7:12

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on January 17, 1961.

Personnel

• Freddie Redd - piano
• Benny Bailey - trumpet
• Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
• Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone
• Paul Chambers - double bass
• Sir John Godfrey - drums

References

1. Blue Note discography accessed October 19, 2010
2. Snowden, Don. "Freddie Redd: Redd's Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1196. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.