''Music from The Connection'' is a jazz album by trumpeter
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger beb ...
recorded on June 13, 1960, and released on the Felsted label.
Discogs album entry
accessed July 5, 2017 It features performances by McGhee, Tina Brooks
Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks (June 7, 1932 – August 13, 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer best remembered for his work in the hard bop style.
Early years
Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, an ...
, 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 ...
, Milt Hinton
Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer.
Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...
and Osie Johnson
James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923, in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966, in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.
Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank Wess. He fir ...
. 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
John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their deat ...
, '' The Music From "The Connection"'', was issued by Blue Note
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.
Track listing
''All compositions by Freddie Redd''
''Side-A''
# "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 4:25
# "Wigglin'" - 4:52
# "Music Forever" - 3:46
# "Time to Smile" - 3:53
''Side-B''
# "(Theme for) Sister Salvation" - 4:36
# "Jim Dunn's Dilemma" - 3:57
# "O.D. (Overdose)" - 3:42
Personnel
* Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger beb ...
- trumpet
* 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 ...
- piano (originally credited to "I. Ching")
* Tina Brooks
Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks (June 7, 1932 – August 13, 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer best remembered for his work in the hard bop style.
Early years
Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, an ...
- tenor saxophone
* Milt Hinton
Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer.
Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...
- bass
* Osie Johnson
James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923, in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966, in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.
Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank Wess. He fir ...
- drums
References
1960 albums
Howard McGhee albums
Felsted Records albums
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