| Redd's Blues | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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]
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| 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]
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