Music from the Connection explained

Music from "The Connection"
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Howard McGhee Quintet with Freddie Redd
Cover:	Music from the Connection album cover.jpg
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
Chronology:	Howard McGhee
Prev Title:	Dusty Blue
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Together Again!!!!
Next Year:	1961

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.

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/felsted/felsted.html Felsted Album Discography by David Edwards and Mike Callahan
2. https://www.discogs.com/Howard-Mc-Ghee-Quintet-Music-From-The-Connection/release/10377114 Discogs album entry