''Extemporaneous'' is a solo album by jazz pianist

Freddie Redd Freddie Redd (May 29, 1928 – March 17, 2021) was an American Hard bop, hard-bop pianist and composer. He is best known for writing music to accompany ''The Connection (play), The Connection'' (1959), a play by Jack Gelber. According to Peter ...

recorded in 1977 and released on the Interplay label.Interplay Records discography
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Freddie Redd Leader Entry
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Reception

The review by

Scott Yanow Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.Allmusic Biography/ref> Biography Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...

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states: "This album from Interplay gave Freddie Redd a rare opportunity to record unaccompanied solos. He interprets eight of his own somewhat obscure compositions with swing, taste and enough variety to hold on to one's attention".

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Redd # "Night Song" – 4:11 # "I'm Sorry" – 4:06 # "Gateway East" – 2:49 # "Blue Notes" – 4:01 # "Syncopation Waltz" – 4:10 # "Extemporaneous" – 5:15 # "Unfinished Symphony" – 2:44 # "For Art's Sake" – 2:56

Personnel

* Freddie Redd –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

References

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