The Music from "The Connection"

The Music from "The Connection"
Soundtrack album / studio album by
the Freddie Redd Quartet with Jackie McLean
ReleasedEarly April 1960
RecordedFebruary 15, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreHard bop
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4027
ProducerAlfred Lion
Freddie Redd chronology
Get Happy with Freddie Redd
(1958)
The Music from "The Connection"
(1960)
Music from the Connection
(1960)
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AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

The Music from "The Connection" is an album by the Freddie Redd Quartet, recorded as the soundtrack for Jack Gelber's 1959 play The Connection on February 15, 1960 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quartet features saxophonist Jackie McLean and rhythm section Michael Mattos and Larry Ritchie.