Music from "The Connection"

Freddie Redd Quartet: Freddie Redd (piano); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Michael Mattos (bass); Larry Ritchie (drums).Producer: Alfred Lion.Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 15, 1960. Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler.This is part of Blue Note's Limited Edition Connoisseur series.Personnel: Freddie Redd (piano); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Michael Mattos (bass instrument); Larry Ritchie (drums).Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder.Liner Note Authors: Alan Lorber; Bob Blumenthal.Recording information: Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY (02/15/1960); New York, NY (02/15/1960).Photographer: Francis Wolff.Freddie Redd composed the music for Jack Gelber's The Connection, a gritty play about musician junkies. Gelber had originally thought that the play would feature real musicians -- who would also double as actors in minor roles -- improvising on blues and jazz standards in the tradition of Charlie Parker, but Redd c