The Connection (Soundtrack)

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Name = The Connection
Type = soundtrack
Artist = The Freddie Redd Quartet


Released = February 15, 1960
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Genre = Hard bop
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Label = Blue Note Records
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"The Connection" is the soundtrack to the 1959 play of the same name. It was originally planned for the music to be improvised by jazz musicians who would also play small roles in the production. Freddie Redd however persuaded Gelber to include his original score.

Track listing

All songs written by Freddie Redd

#Who Killed Cock Robin
#Wigglin'
#Music Forever
#Time To Smile
#Theme For Sister-Salvation
#Jim Dunn's Dilema
#O.D. (Overdose)

Recordings that accompanied the various stage productions of the play.

Original

*Freddie Redd, composer/piano
*Jackie McLean, alto sax
*Michael Mattos, bass
*Larry Ritchie, drums

Revised Cast, 1961

Original score, new cast
*Freddie Redd, composer/piano
*Howard McGhee, trumpet
*Tina Brooks (originally Jackie McLean's understudy), tenor ax
*Milt Hinton, bass
*Osie Johnson, drums

Touring Cast, 1961/62

rewritten score
*Cecil Payne, baritone sax
*Clark Terry, trumpet
*Bennie Green, trombone
*Duke Jordan, piano
*Ron Carter, bass
*Charlie Persip, drumsRecorded 14, 15, 16 March, 1962 - Charlie Parker Records

LA, Production

Score to accompany LA production Dexter Gordon, later recorded several parts from the production on his Blue Note release, BN 4083, "Dexter Calling".

Quote (from the liner note);"Soul Sister," the original that launches the first side is one of the themes Dexter wrote for the score of the Hollywood version of The Connection in which he had an acting, playing, and writing role; it is the equivalent of Freddie Redd's "Theme for Sister Salvation"..."I Want More", the significantly titled Gordon theme that closes the first side, is the West Coast equivalent of "O.D." (overdose)..."Ernie's Theme", is the last of the three themes on this LP from Dexter's Connection score. It parallels "Music Forever".

References

Liner Notes to BN 4027, Ira Gitler
Liner Notes to BN 4083,
Liner Notes to Cecil Payne release, Douglas McLelland