Redd, Vi

Bird Call

A quite obscure release from a Los Angeles based alto saxophonist named Vi (Elvira) Redd, a blues infected player, singer and educator who since the early 50's has performed with many Jazz greats like Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Roland Kirk, Count Basie and others. Originally released in 1962, "Bird Call" was Redd's debut album, a hard swinging studio session featuring a top class band that included pianist Russ Freeman, Leroy Vinnegar or Bob Whitlock on bass, guitarist Herb Ellis, trumpeter Carmell Jones, vibraphonist Roy Ayers and her then-husband, Richie Goldberg, on drums. Another invaluable document from the historical yet unknown L.A.'s black community Jazz scene.

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Format
LP - 1 disk
Release date
16-06-2023
Label
Item-nr
564213
EAN
7427244912648
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU 4:32
2. SUMMERTIME 4:03
3. ANTHROPOLOGY 4:03
4. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 6:12
5. I'D RATHER HAVE A MEMORY THAN A DREAM 3:40
6. NOW'S THE TIME 5:05
7. JUST FRIENDS 2:56
8. COOL BLUES/PERHAPS MEDLEY 3:42
9. I REMEMBER BIRD 4:31
10. OLD FOLKS 5:33