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Vi Redd
jazz saxophonist and vocalist
Los Angeles, United States • 1928-09-28 – 2022-02-06
Vi Redd is credited on 47 releases across 13 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
47
Pressings credited
13
Albums
7
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
Elvira Louise Redd (September 20, 1928 – February 6, 2022) was an American jazz alto saxophone player, vocalist and educator. She was active from the early 1950s and was known primarily for playing in the blues style. She was highly regarded as an accomplished veteran, and performed with Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Linda Hopkins, Marian McPartland and Dizzy Gillespie.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
47 releases · 13 albums · active 1962–2023
- Performance · 134
- Other credits · 5
Studios: North Park Hotel, Chicago · Sunset Sound · RPM International Studios · Hula Hut Club, Los Angeles, CA
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Count Basie
- Various
- Johnny Almond Music Machine
- Gene Ammons
- Al Grey
- Dexter Gordon
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