Music from the Connection

Music from The Connection is a jazz album by trumpeter Howard McGhee recorded on June 13, 1960, and released on the Felsted label.^[1][2] It features performances by McGhee, Tina Brooks, Freddie Redd, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson. The album featured music from the off-Broadway play The Connection by Jack Gelber, featuring music composed by Redd. A slightly earlier recording of the same score by the Freddie Redd Quartet with Jackie McLean, The Music From "The Connection", was issued by Blue Note.

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Music from "The Connection"
Studio album by Howard McGhee Quintet with Freddie Redd
Released	1960
Recorded	June 13, 1960
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Length	29:11
Label	Felsted FL-7512
Producer	Alan Lorber, Ernest Kelley
Howard McGhee chronology
Dusty Blue (1960) Music from "The Connection" (1960) Together Again!!!! (1961)
Freddie Redd chronology
The Music From The Connection (1960) Music from "The Connection" (1960) Shades of Redd (1960)

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Redd

Side-A

1. "Who Killed Cock Robin?" - 4:25
2. "Wigglin'" - 4:52
3. "Music Forever" - 3:46
4. "Time to Smile" - 3:53

Side-B

1. "(Theme for) Sister Salvation" - 4:36
2. "Jim Dunn's Dilemma" - 3:57
3. "O.D. (Overdose)" - 3:42

Personnel

• Howard McGhee - trumpet
• Freddie Redd - piano (originally credited to "I. Ching")
• Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone
• Milt Hinton - bass
• Osie Johnson - drums