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Freddie Redd Discography

by Sid Gribetz

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Date: Mid-1950
Location: Philadelphia
Label: Gotham

Tiny Grimes (ldr), Benny Golson (ts), Tiny Grimes (g), Freddie Redd (p), Ike Isaacs (b), unknown (d)

a. Frankie And Johnny Boogie(Traditional)
Gotham 78249   
b. Riverside Jump
Gotham 78249   
c. Things Ain't What They Used To Be(Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
Gotham 78285   
d. Flying Saucer Boogie (aka Drivin' And Jivin')(Tiny Grimes)
Gotham 78285   
All titles on:
Classics CD5106 — Tiny Grimes 1949-1951   (2004)

Redd probable


Date: ca. September 1950
Location: Philadelphia
Label: Gotham

Tiny Grimes (ldr), Benny Golson, Red Prysock (ts), Tiny Grimes (g), Freddie Redd (p), Ike Isaacs (b), unknown (d)

a. Loch Lomond(Traditional)
Gotham 78269   
Whiskey, Women, and... LP 12"KM-706 — Loch Lomond   (1986)
b. Sanctifying The Blues(Tiny Grimes)
Gotham 78269   
Whiskey, Women, and... LP 12"KM-706 — Loch Lomond   (1986)
c. Marie(Irving Berlin)
Krazy Kat LP 12"(E) KK 817 — Tiny Grimes And His Rocking Highlanders Volume Two   (1987)
d. Battle Of The Mass(Tiny Grimes)
Krazy Kat LP 12"(E) KK 804 — Tiny Grimes And His Rocking Highlanders Volume One   (1986)
All titles on:
Classics CD5106 — Tiny Grimes 1949-1951   (2004)

poss Freddie Redd


Date: November 27, 1951
Location: Chicago
Label: United

Tiny Grimes (ldr), Red Prysock (ts), Tiny Grimes (g), Freddie Redd (p), unknown (b), Jerry Potter (d)

a. Blues Round Up(Tiny Grimes)
United 78170   
b. Solitude(Duke Ellington, Edgar "Eddie" DeLange, Irving Mills)
United 78109   
c. Tiny's Boogie Woogie(Tiny Grimes)
United 78170   
d. Rockin' The Blues Away(Tiny Grimes)
United 78109   
All titles on:
Classics CD5146 — Tiny Grimes 1951-1954   (2005)

Date: ca. November 1953
Label: Red Robin

Tiny Grimes (ldr), Red Prysock (ts), Tiny Grimes (g), Freddie Redd (p), Ike Isaacs (b), unknown (d)

a. Juicy Fruit(Tiny Grimes)
Red Robin 78123   
b. Second Floor Rear(Tiny Grimes)
Red Robin 78123   
c. Rock The House
d. 125th Street Sunrise(Tiny Grimes)
All titles on:
Classics CD5146 — Tiny Grimes 1951-1954   (2005)

poss Freddie Redd


Date: April 15, 1954
Label: Sunset

Charlie Singleton (ldr), Henry Boozier (t), Charlie Singleton (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Al Cotton (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)

a. There Will Never Be Another You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
Sunset 781139/40   

only track issued from the date; three other songs were recorded


Date: May 10, 1954
Label: Savoy

Joe Roland (ldr), Joe Roland (vib), Freddie Redd (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Ron Jefferson (d)

a. Little Pete
Savoy 45 EPXP 8127 — Joe Roland Quintet   
b. Indian Summer(Victor Herbert, Al Dubin)
Savoy LP 12"MG 12039 — "Joltin' Joe" Roland   
Savoy LP 10"MG 15034 — The Joe Roland Quartet-Symphonet   
Savoy 45 EPXP 8127 — Joe Roland Quintet   
c. I've Got The World On A String(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Savoy LP 12"MG 12039 — "Joltin' Joe" Roland   
Savoy LP 10"MG 15034 — The Joe Roland Quartet-Symphonet   
Savoy 45 EPXP 8127 — Joe Roland Quintet   
d. Garrity's Flight(Joe Roland)
Savoy LP 12"MG 12039 — "Joltin' Joe" Roland   
Savoy LP 10"MG 15034 — The Joe Roland Quartet-Symphonet   
Savoy 45 EPXP 8127 — Joe Roland Quintet   
e. Stephanie's Dance(Freddie Redd)
Savoy LP 12"MG 12039 — "Joltin' Joe" Roland   
Savoy LP 10"MG 15034 — The Joe Roland Quartet-Symphonet   

Date: May 24, 1954
Label: Apollo

Tiny Grimes (ldr), Red Prysock (ts), Tiny Grimes (g), Freddie Redd (p), unknown (b), Jerry Potter (d)

a. Frivolous Sal(Paul Dresser)
b. Showboat Mambo(Tiny Grimes)
Both titles on:
Apollo 78823   
Classics CD5146 — Tiny Grimes 1951-1954   (2005)

poss personnel


Date: February 28, 1955
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Prestige

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), John Ore (b), Ron Jefferson (d)

a. Debut(Freddie Redd)
b. Lady J Blues(Freddie Redd)
c. The Things We Did Last Summer(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
d. Ready Freddie(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Prestige LP 10"197 — Introducing Freddie Redd   
Prestige LP 12"7067 — Piano: East/West   (1956)
Status LP 12"8307 — Move!   (1965)
Original Jazz Classics LP 12"1705 — Piano: East/West   (1985)
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1705-2 — Piano: East/West   (1991)

Date: March 17 & 18,1955
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Bethlehem

Joe Roland (ldr), Joe Roland (vib), Dick Garcia (g), Freddie Redd (p), Dante "Danny" Martucci (b), Ron Jefferson (d)

a. The Moon Got In My Eyes(Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke)
Bethlehem EP 7"BEP 122 — Joe Roland   
b. Robin(Ish Ugarte)
c. Sweet Lorraine(Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell)
d. Anticipation(Dick Garcia)
e. Soft Winds(Fletcher Henderson, Roy Alfred, Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian)
f. I Cover The Waterfront(Edward Heyman, Johnny Green)
Bethlehem EP 7"BEP 122 — Joe Roland   
g. Easy Living(Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
Bethlehem EP 7"BEP 122 — Joe Roland   
h. Teach Me Tonight(Gene DePaul, Sammy Cahn)
Bethlehem EP 7"BEP 121 — Joe Roland   
i. Street Of Dreams(Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis)
Bethlehem EP 7"BEP 121 — Joe Roland   
j. Stairway To The Steinway(Freddie Redd)
Bethlehem EP 7"BEP 121 — Joe Roland   
Bethlehem LP box setEXLP-6 — Bethlehem's Best   (1956)
Bethlehem LP 12"BCP 86 — Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume Three   (1957)
k. After You've Gone(Henry Creamer, Turner Layton)
Bethlehem EP 7"BEP 121 — Joe Roland   
l. Goodbye, Bird(Joe Roland)
All titles on:
Bethlehem LP 12"BCP 17 — Joe Roland   
Bethlehem CDR2 79856 — Joe Roland   (2000)

Date: May 26, 1955
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Prestige

Art Farmer (ldr), Art Farmer (t), Gigi Gryce (as), Freddie Redd (p), Addison Farmer (b), Arthur Taylor (d)

a. Blue Lights(Gigi Gryce)
b. Capri(Gigi Gryce)
c. The Infant's Song(Gigi Gryce)
d. Social Call(Gigi Gryce)
All titles on:
Prestige LP 10"209 — Art Farmer Quintet   
Prestige LP 12"7085 — When Farmer Met Gryce   (1957)
Original Jazz Classics LP 12"OJC-072 — When Farmer Met Gryce   (1983)
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-072-2 — When Farmer Met Gryce   (1994)

Date: June 15, 1955
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Prestige

Gene Ammons (ldr), Art Farmer (t), Lou Donaldson (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Addison Farmer (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

a. Juggernaut(Gene Ammons)
Prestige 2LP set24036 — Juganthology   (1974)
b. Woofin' And Tweetin'(Gene Ammons)
Both titles on:
Prestige LP 10"PRLP211 — A High Fidelity Modern Jazz Jam Session   
Prestige LP 12"7050 — All Star Sessions   (1956)
Prestige LP 12"7050 — Woofin' & Tweetin'   (1960)
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-014-2 — All Star Sessions With Sonny Stitt   (1992)

Date: July 30, 1956
Location: Folkets Park, Varnamo, Sweden

Rolf Ericson (ldr), Rolf Ericson (t), Lars Gullin (bar), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d), Ernestine Anderson (v)

a. Dig(Miles Davis)
b. I'll Remember April(Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
c. Oh, Lady Be Good(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d. Looking For A Boy(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e. Lover Man(Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
f. A Foggy Day(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)(Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
h. Love For Sale(Cole Porter)
i. Half Nelson(Miles Davis)
j. These Foolish Things(Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell)
k. Stella By Starlight(Victor Young, Ned Washington)
l. A Night In Tunisia(Dizzy Gillespie)
All titles on:
Dragon CD255 — Rolf Ericson & The American Stars 1956   (1996)

Rolf Ericson (t) on a, c-i, k-l; Lars Gullin (bar) on a, c-i, k-l; Ernestine Anderson (v) on d-h.


Date: September 5, 1956
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Metronome

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d)

a. Dawn Mist(Freddie Redd)
b. Beautiful Adela(Freddie Redd)
Both titles on:
Metronome EP 7"MEP 216 — Fishin' In Stockholm   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
Baybridge LP 12"(J) ULS-6075-B — Freddie Redd In Sweden   (1973)

Date: September 6, 1956
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Metronome

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d)

a. I'll Remember April(Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 216 — Fishin' In Stockholm   
b. Reminiscing(Freddie Redd)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 216 — Fishin' In Stockholm   
c. Get Happy(Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 217 — Freddie Redd Trio   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
d. Bye Bye Blackbird(Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 217 — Freddie Redd Trio   
e. Blues X(Freddie Redd)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 217 — Freddie Redd Trio   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
All titles on:
Baybridge LP 12"(J) ULS-6075-B — Freddie Redd In Sweden   (1973)

Date: September 7, 1956
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Metronome

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d)

a. People's Park(Freddie Redd)
b. A Night In Nalen(Freddie Redd)
c. Blue Hour(Freddie Redd)
d. Studio Blues(Freddie Redd)
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
All titles on:
Metronome EP 7"MEP 218 — Freddie Redd   
Baybridge LP 12"(J) ULS-6075-B — Freddie Redd In Sweden   (1973)

Date: September 10, 1956
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Metronome

Tommy Potter (ldr), Rolf Ericson (t), Åke Persson (tb), Gunnar "Hacke" Bjorksten (ts), Stig Gabrielsson (bar), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d)

a. These Foolish Things(Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 239 — Tommy Potter Sextet   
b. Lover, Come Back To Me(Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 239 — Tommy Potter Sextet   
c. Reets And I(Bennie Harris)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 239 — Tommy Potter Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
East-West LP 12"4001 — Tommy Potter's Hard Funk   (1958)
d. The Imp(Freddie Redd)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 241 — Tommy Potter Sextet   
East-West LP 12"4001 — Tommy Potter's Hard Funk   (1958)
e. T.N.T.(Tiny Kahn)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 241 — Tommy Potter Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
East-West LP 12"4001 — Tommy Potter's Hard Funk   (1958)
f. Don't Blame Me(Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 240 — Tommy Potter   
g. Thorough Fare(Johnny Mandel)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 240 — Tommy Potter   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
h. It's The Talk Of The Town(Marty Symes, Jay Livingston, Al J. Neiburg)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 240 — Tommy Potter   

Rolf Ericson (t) on a-g; Åke Persson (tb) on a-g; Gunnar "Hacke" Bjorksten (ts) on a-e, g; Stig Gabrielsson (bar) on a-f.


Date: September 13, 1956
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Metronome

Rolf Ericson (ldr), Rolf Ericson (t), Åke Persson (tb), Erik Norstrom (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d)

a. Russ And Arlene(Tiny Kahn)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 247 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
East-West LP 12"4001 — Tommy Potter's Hard Funk   (1958)
Metronome 2LP setJMLP 2-105 — Plenty Plenty Soul - Americans In Sweden 1954-1959 Vol. 3   (1974)
b. Keester Parade [aka Centerpiece](Johnny Mandel, Tiny Kahn)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 245 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
East-West LP 12"4001 — Tommy Potter's Hard Funk   (1958)
c. Number Five(Bill Holman)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 246 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
d. Spontaneous(Freddie Redd)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 245 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Metronome 2LP setJMLP 2-105 — Plenty Plenty Soul - Americans In Sweden 1954-1959 Vol. 3   (1974)
e. Punsch(Rolf Ericson)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 246 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
East-West LP 12"4001 — Tommy Potter's Hard Funk   (1958)
f. Summertime(George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 247 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
g. Darn That Dream(Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar "Eddie" DeLange)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 247 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
h. Embraceable You(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 247 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)
i. Tenderly(Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 247 — Rolf Ericson Sextet   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 14 — Session In Stockholm   (1957)

f, g, h, i  performed as medley

Rolf Ericson (t) on a-e, i; Åke Persson (tb) on a-e, h; Erik Norstrom (ts) on a-f.

as "Ballad Medley"


Date: September 16, 1956
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Metronome

Benny Bailey, Rolf Ericson (ldr), Benny Bailey, Rolf Ericson (t), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d)

a. Duo(Freddie Redd)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 242 — Rolf Ericson-Benny Bailey   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
b. Ohio(Ernest 'Benny' Bailey)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 242 — Rolf Ericson-Benny Bailey   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
c. Tunnelbanan(Freddie Redd)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 243 — A Sunday Session   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
Metronome 2LP setJMLP 2-105 — Plenty Plenty Soul - Americans In Sweden 1954-1959 Vol. 3   (1974)
d. Star Eyes(Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 243 — A Sunday Session   
Metronome 2LP setJMLP 2-105 — Plenty Plenty Soul - Americans In Sweden 1954-1959 Vol. 3   (1974)
e. What Is This Thing Called Love(Cole Porter)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 244 — Rolf Ericson-Benny Bailey   
f. Guessin'(Ernest 'Benny' Bailey)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 244 — Rolf Ericson-Benny Bailey   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
Metronome 2LP setJMLP 2-105 — Plenty Plenty Soul - Americans In Sweden 1954-1959 Vol. 3   (1974)

Date: September 18, 1956
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Metronome

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Tommy Potter (b), Joe Harris (d)

a. Farewell To Sweden(Freddie Redd)
Metronome EP 7"MEP 217 — Freddie Redd Trio   
Nixa LP 12"(E) NJL 19 — Get Happy With Freddie Redd   (1958)
Baybridge LP 12"(J) ULS-6075-B — Freddie Redd In Sweden   (1973)
Metronome 2LP setJMLP 2-105 — Plenty Plenty Soul - Americans In Sweden 1954-1959 Vol. 3   (1974)

Date: October 2, 1957
Label: Riverside

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), George Tucker (b), Al Dreares (d)

a. San Francisco Suite(Freddie Redd)
b. Blue Hour(Freddie Redd)
c. By Myself(Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
d. Ol' Man River(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
e. Minor Interlude(Freddie Redd)
f. This Is New(Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin)
g. Nica Steps Out(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Riverside LP 12"250 — San Francisco Suite   
Riverside LP 12"(J) SMJ-6184M — San Francisco Suite   (1977)
Original Jazz Classics LP 12"1748 — San Francisco Suite   (1990)
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1748-2 — San Francisco Suite   (1990)

Suite consists of "View of The Golden Gate Bridge From Sausalito", "Grant Street (Chinatown)", "Barbary Coast", "Cousin Jimbo's Between 3 And 7 AM", and "Dawn In The City".


Date: February 15, 1960
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Blue Note

Freddie Redd (ldr), Jackie McLean (as), Freddie Redd (p), Michael Mattos (b), Larry Ritchie (d)

a. Who Killed Cock Robin(Freddie Redd)
b. Wigglin'(Freddie Redd)
c. Music Forever(Freddie Redd)
d. Time To Smile(Freddie Redd)
e. Theme For Sister Salvation(Freddie Redd)
f. Jim Dunn's Dilemma(Freddie Redd)
g. O. D.(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Blue Note LP 12"84027 — The Music From The Connection   
Mosaic LP box setMR3-124 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd   (1989)
Blue Note CD89392 — The Music From The Connection   (1994)
Blue Note CD63836 — The Music From The Connection   (2005)

Date: June 13, 1960
Label: Felsted

Howard McGhee (ldr), Howard McGhee (t), Tina Brooks (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a. Who Killed Cock Robin(Freddie Redd)
b. Wigglin'(Freddie Redd)
c. Music Forever(Freddie Redd)
d. Time To Smile(Freddie Redd)
e. Theme For Sister Salvation(Freddie Redd)
f. Jim Dunn's Dilemma(Freddie Redd)
g. O. D.(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Felsted LP 12"7512 — Music From The Connection   
London LP 12"(E) LTZ-U 15221 — Music From The Connection   

some sources give date as 1961
Freddie Redd as "I. Ching"


Date: August 13, 1960
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Blue Note

Freddie Redd (ldr), Jackie McLean (as), Tina Brooks (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Paul Chambers (b), Louis Hayes (d)

a. Thespian(Freddie Redd)
Blue Note LP 12"4045 — Shades Of Redd   
Blue Note LP 12"(J) K18P-9207 — Shades Of Redd   (1983)
b. Blues-Blues-Blues(Freddie Redd)
Blue Note LP 12"4045 — Shades Of Redd   
Blue Note LP 12"(J) K18P-9207 — Shades Of Redd   (1983)
c. Shadows(Freddie Redd)
Blue Note LP 12"4045 — Shades Of Redd   
Blue Note LP 12"(J) K18P-9207 — Shades Of Redd   (1983)
d. alt Melanie(Freddie Redd)
e. Melanie(Freddie Redd)
Blue Note LP 12"4045 — Shades Of Redd   
Blue Note LP 12"(J) K18P-9207 — Shades Of Redd   (1983)
f. Swift(Freddie Redd)
Blue Note LP 12"4045 — Shades Of Redd   
Blue Note LP 12"(J) K18P-9207 — Shades Of Redd   (1983)
g. Just A Ballad For My Baby(Freddie Redd)
Blue Note LP 12"4045 — Shades Of Redd   
Blue Note LP 12"(J) K18P-9207 — Shades Of Redd   (1983)
h. Olé(Freddie Redd)
Blue Note LP 12"4045 — Shades Of Redd   
Blue Note LP 12"(J) K18P-9207 — Shades Of Redd   (1983)
i. alt Olé(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Mosaic LP box setMR3-124 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd   (1989)
Blue Note CD21738 — Shades Of Redd   (1998)
Blue Note CD14375 — Shades Of Redd   (2008)

Date: January 17, 1961
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Blue Note

Freddie Redd (ldr), Benny Bailey (t), Jackie McLean (as), Tina Brooks (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Paul Chambers (b), Sir John Godfrey (d)

a. Now(Freddie Redd)
b. Cute Doot(Freddie Redd)
c. Old Spice(Freddie Redd)
d. Blues For Betsy(Freddie Redd)
e. Somewhere(Freddie Redd)
f. Love Lost(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Mosaic LP box setMR3-124 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd   (1989)
Blue Note CD40537 — Redd's Blues   (2002)

unissued at the time


Date: July 26 & 29, 1971
Location: Paris
Label: Futura

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Didier Levallet (b), Didier Carlier (d)

a. Diane I Love You(Freddie Redd)
b. Bleecker Street Blues(Freddie Redd)
c. To Bud With Love(Freddie Redd)
d. This Heart Is Mine(Freddie Redd)
e. You(Freddie Redd)
f. My God Is Love(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Futura LP 12"FUT 2038 — Under Paris Skies   

Didier Carlier (d) on a-d, f.


Date: December 3, 1977
Location: Hollywood
Label: Interplay

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Henry Franklin (b), Carl Burnett (d)

a. Straight Ahead(Freddie Redd)
Interplay LP 12"IP-7715 — Straight Ahead!!!!!   
Interplay LP 12"(J) CECC00237 — Straight Ahead   (1991)
b. Play Piano Play(Freddie Redd)
Interplay LP 12"IP-7715 — Straight Ahead!!!!!   
Interplay LP 12"(J) CECC00237 — Straight Ahead   (1991)
c. Waltzin' In(Freddie Redd)
Interplay LP 12"IP-7715 — Straight Ahead!!!!!   
Interplay LP 12"(J) CECC00237 — Straight Ahead   (1991)
d. 'Round Midnight(Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
Interplay LP 12"IP-7715 — Straight Ahead!!!!!   
Interplay LP 12"(J) CECC00237 — Straight Ahead   (1991)
e. On Time(Freddie Redd)
Interplay LP 12"IP-7715 — Straight Ahead!!!!!   
Interplay LP 12"(J) CECC00237 — Straight Ahead   (1991)
f. I'll Keep Loving You(Bud Powell)
Interplay LP 12"IP-7715 — Straight Ahead!!!!!   
Interplay LP 12"(J) CECC00237 — Straight Ahead   (1991)
g. Brazilliana(Freddie Redd)
Interplay LP 12"(J) CECC00237 — Straight Ahead   (1991)
h. alt On Time(Freddie Redd)
i. alt Straight Ahead(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Interplay CDIP-7715 — Straight Ahead!   (1999)

Date: August 14, 1978
Location: Hollywood
Label: Interplay

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p)

a. Night Song(Freddie Redd)
b. I'm Sorry(Freddie Redd)
c. Gateway East(Freddie Redd)
d. Blue Notes(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Interplay LP 12"IP 9004 — Extemporaneous   

Date: September 23, 1978
Location: Hollywood
Label: Interplay

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p)

a. Syncopation Waltz(Freddie Redd)
b. Extemporaneous(Freddie Redd)
c. Unfinished Symphony(Freddie Redd)
d. For Art's Sake(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Interplay LP 12"IP 9004 — Extemporaneous   

Date: January 18, 1985
Location: Van Gelder
Label: Uptown

Freddie Redd (ldr), Don Sickler (t), Clarence 'C' Sharpe (as), Clifford Jordan (ts), Gerry Capuccio (bar), Freddie Redd (p), George Duvivier (b), Ben Riley (d)

a. After The Show(Freddie Redd)
b. Bleecker Street Blues(Freddie Redd)
c. Emily Reno(Freddie Redd)
d. Thespian(Freddie Redd)
e. Lonely City(Freddie Redd)
f. Had Tadd In Mind(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Uptown LP 12"27.30 — Lonely City   (1989)
Uptown CDUPCD 27.30 — Lonely City   (1990)

An alt take of Had Tadd In Mind, an untitled ts & p duo, and perhaps additional tracks, recorded at the session; unissued
Also, the following day, a piano trio session was recorded at Van Gelder's with George Duvivier and Ben Riley, several original compositions recorded; never issued


Date: May 19 & 26, 1988
Location: Studio Grill, Hollywood

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Al McKibbon (b), Billy Higgins (d)

a. I'm Gonna Be Happy(Freddie Redd)
b. I'll Remember April(Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
c. I'll Keep Loving You(Bud Powell)
d. Don't Lose The Blues(Freddie Redd)
e. 'Round Midnight(Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
f. Waltzin' In(Freddie Redd)
g. For Heaven's Sake(Elise Bretton, Don Meyer, Sherwin Edwards)
h. All The Things You Are(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
All titles on:
Triloka CD182 — Live At The Studio Grill   (1990)

Al McKibbon (b) on a-b, d-f, h; Billy Higgins (d) on a-b, d-f, h.


Date: October 9 & 10, 1990
Location: Berkeley, CA
Label: Milestone

Freddie Redd (ldr), Phil Ranelin (tb), Curtis Peagler (as), Teddy Edwards (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Bill Langlois (b), Larry Hancock (d)

a. Give Me A Break(Freddie Redd)
Milestone LP 12"M-9187 — Everybody Loves A Winner   
b. One Up(Freddie Redd)
Milestone LP 12"M-9187 — Everybody Loves A Winner   
c. Melancholia(Freddie Redd)
Milestone LP 12"M-9187 — Everybody Loves A Winner   
d. Everybody Loves A Winner(Freddie Redd)
Milestone LP 12"M-9187 — Everybody Loves A Winner   
e. So Samba(Freddie Redd)
Milestone LP 12"M-9187 — Everybody Loves A Winner   
f. And Time Marches On(Freddie Redd)
Milestone LP 12"M-9187 — Everybody Loves A Winner   
g. One Down(Freddie Redd)
Milestone LP 12"M-9187 — Everybody Loves A Winner   
h. Fuego de Corazon(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Milestone CDMCD-9187-2 — Everybody Loves A Winner   

Date: January 24 & 25, 2013
Location: Baltimore
Label: Bleebop

Freddie Redd (ldr), Sarah Hughes (ss, as), Brad Linde, Brian Settles (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Michael Formanek (b), Matt Wilson (d)

a. Oh! So Good(Freddie Redd)
b. Love Is Love(Freddie Redd)
c. Shadows(Freddie Redd)
d. Blues Extra(Freddie Redd)
e. Once In A Lifetime(Freddie Redd)
f. Reminiscing(Freddie Redd)
g. Blues X(Freddie Redd)
h. There I Found You(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
Bleebop CD2119 — Reminiscing   (2021)

Sarah Hughes (ss) on e, (as) on c; Brian Settles (ts) on a-b, d, f-h.


Date: January 25, 2013
Location: Baltimore
Label: Bleebop

Freddie Redd, Butch Warren (ldr), Brad Linde (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Butch Warren (b), Matt Wilson (d)

a. Prelude(Freddie Redd)
b. Nothing But The Blues(Freddie Redd)
c. I Can't Get Started(Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
d. I Remember Monk(Butch Warren)
e. A Little Chippie(Butch Warren)
f. I Hear You(Butch Warren)
g. Among Friends(Freddie Redd)
h. Barack Obama(Butch Warren)
i. There Will Never Be Another You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
All titles on:
Bleebop CD2120 — Baltimore Jazz Loft   (2021)

Date: November 2014
Label: SteepleChase

Freddie Redd (ldr), Freddie Redd (p), Jay Anderson (b), Billy Drummond (d)

a. There Will Never Be Another You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
b. Blues For You(Freddie Redd)
c. How High The Moon(Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
d. All The Things You Are(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
e. Cherokee(Ray Noble)
f. 'Round Midnight(Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
g. Perdido(Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder aka Harry Lenk)
h. Lover Man(Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
i. I'll Remember April(Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
All titles on:
SteepleChase CDSCCD 31796 — Music For You   (2015)

Date: November 29, 2014
Label: SteepleChase

Freddie Redd (ldr), John Mosca (tb), Chris Byars (f, as), James Byars (ob), Stefano Doglioni (bcl), Freddie Redd (p), Jay Anderson (b), Billy Drummond (d)

a. Reminiscing(Freddie Redd) / arr: Chris Byars
b. I'm Gonna Be Happy(Freddie Redd) / arr: Chris Byars
c. Melanie(Freddie Redd) / arr: Chris Byars
d. Blue Hue(Freddie Redd) / arr: Chris Byars
All titles on:
SteepleChase CDSCCD 31817 — With Due Respect   (2016)

Chris Byars (f) on a, (as) on c-d; James Byars (ob) on a; Stefano Doglioni (bcl) on a, c-d.


Date: February 7, 2015
Label: SteepleChase

Freddie Redd (ldr), John Mosca (tb), Stefano Doglioni (bcl), Chris Byars (as), Freddie Redd (p), Jay Anderson (b), Billy Drummond (d)

a. Lady J Blues(Freddie Redd)
b. A Night In Nalen(Freddie Redd)
c. O. D.(Freddie Redd)
d. Olé(Freddie Redd)
e. With Due Respect(Freddie Redd)
All titles on:
SteepleChase CDSCCD 31817 — With Due Respect   (2016)

Sessions Reported: 36

Performances Reported: 209

Unique Songs Reported: 173

Unique Issues Reported: 83