Everybody Loves a Winner

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Everybody Loves a Winner
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Studio album by
Released1991
RecordedOctober 9–10, 1990
Genre Jazz
Length60:42
Label Milestone MCD 9187-2
Producer Eric Miller and Victoria Pedrini
Freddie Redd chronology
Live at the Studio Grill
(1990)
Everybody Loves a Winner
(1991)
Freddie Redd and His International Jazz Connection
(2001)

Everybody Loves a Winner is an album by American jazz pianist Freddie Redd recorded in 1990 and released on the Milestone label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Pianist Freddie Redd has not recorded all that much during his 45-year career, but most of his records have been special events. This particular set has eight of Redd's tightly arranged compositions being performed by a fine sextet". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Redd

  1. "Give Me a Break" - 4:26
  2. "One Up" - 7:05
  3. "Melancholia" - 4:59
  4. "Everybody Loves a Winner" - 11:45
  5. "So Samba" - 8:03
  6. "And Time Marches On" - 9:03
  7. "One Down" - 7:13
  8. "Fuego de Corazon" - 8:08

Personnel

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References

  1. Fitzgerald, M., Freddie Redd Leader Entry, accessed April 8, 2015.
  2. Fitzgerald. M., Milestone label discography, accessed April 8, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Everybody Loves a Winner – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 8, 2015.