George Klein presents an hour of music by pianist Freddie Redd from his Blue Note albums from 1960, including the entire soundtrack for Jack Gelber’s play The Connection, composed by Freddie Redd, followed by two cuts from his follow-up album called Shades of Redd, all reissued by Mosaic Records in a box set called The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE CONNECTION
THE GROOVE YARD 193
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, November 3, 1991 [22566]
Freddie Redd: Who Killed Cock Robin
Freddie Redd: Wigglin’
Freddie Redd: Music Forever
Freddie Redd: Time to Smile
Freddie Redd: Jim Dunn’s Dilemma
Freddie Redd: O.D.
Freddie Redd: Swift
Freddie Redd: Ole
Freddie Redd: Theme for Sister Salvation
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by George Klein at WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 1991, 2022 George Klein. Used with permission.