Label: Blue Note

Reissued 9/19/2025, Originally released 1961

The underrated hard bop pianist and composer Freddie Redd gained prominence as the composer of the score for the stage play The Connection and continued to show his compositional prowess on his second Blue Note date, Shades of Redd, featuring Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Tina Brooks on tenor saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Track listing:

1. Thespian
2. Blues-Blues-Blues
3. Shadows
4. Melanie
5. Swift
6. Just a Ballad for My Baby
7. Ole