| Straight Ahead! | ||||
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| Studio album by Freddie Redd Trio | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | December 3, 1977 | |||
| Studio | United/Western Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:36 | |||
| Label | Interplay IP-7715 | |||
| Producer | Toshiya Taenaka | |||
| Freddie Redd chronology | ||||
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Straight Ahead! is an album by jazz pianist Freddie Redd recorded in 1977 and released on the Interplay label. [1] [2]
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All compositions by Freddie Redd, except where indicated
Freddie Redd was an American hard-bop pianist and composer. He is best known for writing music to accompany The Connection (1959), a play by Jack Gelber. According to Peter Watrous, writing in The New York Times: "Mr. Redd hung out at jam sessions in the 1950s and played with many of the major figures, Sonny Rollins to Art Blakey, and worked regularly with Charles Mingus. When things got tough, he just moved on, living in Guadalajara, Mexico, and in Paris and London."
Louis Hayes is an American jazz drummer and band leader. He was with McCoy Tyner's trio for more than three years. Since 1989 he has led his own band, and together with Vincent Herring formed the Cannonball Legacy Band.
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