Jazz Articles about Chuck Redd

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Radio & Podcasts

Leon Redbone and Lawrence Leathers

by Joe Dimino
June 24, 2019

From the veteran vibes Chuck Redd we rocket into this week's episode of Neon Jazz. From there, we peer into the influences into Chuck's life with cats like Charlie Byrd and Count Basie. We take a good look into the life and music of Paul Serrato and Ashley Pezzotti and pay respects to a couple of artist that left us recently, Leon Redbone and Lawrence Leathers. Finally, we get some licks in from Godwin Louis and Slam Stewart.

Album Review

Chuck Redd: Groove City

Read "Groove City" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 14, 2019

How do you get into the zone, where do your thoughts travel, and what realm do you occupy when playing and recording? The answer to that multi-pronged question, while no doubt slightly different for every musician, can be boiled down fairly easily. To paraphrase Chuck Redd's thoughts on the matter, you just appreciate the moment and travel right down to Groove City. The sixth album from this veteran vibraphonist finds him practicing exactly what he preaches, zeroing ...

Live Review

Kevin Bales With Chuck Redd At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
January 21, 2019

Kevin Bales with Chuck Redd The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC January 4th & 5th, 2019 Whenever pianist Kevin Bales comes in from Atlanta to play The Jazz Corner he brings with him a great band and an inventive theme. Whether it's a centennial celebration of the blues or the music of Fred Rogers he never fails to find a sound to vary his presentation and stretch his own tremendous skill. On his most ...

Album Review

Chuck Redd: Happy All the Time

Read "Happy All the Time" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 12, 2016

The complete title of this carefree and charming studio date is Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Kessel. The reasons why are many. Here are two: first, Redd worked with Kessel from 1980-91 as a drummer in the Great Guitars group and in Kessel's trio, during which time the two became close friends; even more than that, says Kessel's widow, Phyllis, Redd was “like another son" to her husband. As for the album's title, Redd writes, Kessel's watchword to the end of ...

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Take Five with Chuck Redd

by AAJ Staff
May 8, 2016

About Chuck Redd Chuck Redd is an internationally well-known performer on both drums and vibraphone. He began his career when he joined the Charlie Byrd Trio at the age of 21. He also became a member of the Great Guitars (Barney Kessel, Byrd, and Herb Ellis.) To his credit are 25 European tours and six tours of Japan, with the Barney Kessel Trio, Ken Peplowski and the Benny Goodman Tribute Orchestra, Terry Gibbs and Conte Candoli. Redd ...

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Album Review

Chuck Redd: Remembers Barney Kessel: Happy All The Time

Read "Remembers Barney Kessel: Happy All The Time" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
May 1, 2006

Vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd pays tribute to a close friend and one of his musical fathers, the late legendary jazz guitarist Barney Kessel, on this recording featuring five Kessel compositions and other favorite standards recorded by the guitarist. A much in-demand drummer featured on fifty recordings throughout his career, Redd plays the drums on only two of these twelve tracks, really demonstrating the depth of his talents on the vibes. A few other veteran musicians lend a touch of ...

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Album Review

Ken Peplowski: Grenadilla

Read "Grenadilla" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 1998

Ken Peplowski, who has done some experimenting of late within the big-band and classical spheres, comes home to a straight-ahead quartet groove for Grenadilla, on which he plays only clarinet (grenadilla is the name of the wood from which the world's finest clarinets are made). This is clarinet all the way, with Peplowski's group augmented by guests Kenny Davern ("Farewell Blues"), Marty Ehrlich ("Copi," “The Reconsidered Blues," “Variations," “The Soul in the Wood"), J. D. Parran and Scott Robinson ("Variations"). ...