No Joke, I really could not decide.

Over the years I have grown more and more admiring of Redd. He is just the
consummate player. Everything he plays is just exactly right for the song, and that is the mark of a person who has mastered the instrument.

So I was digging on some of the videos with Redd and Don Kirchner, and was trying to figure out which one to post. It was a dilemma because they're all great.
Then I ran across these vids. Redd playing with a big band. I love this stuff and if I could make a living playing it I would be gone.
Anyway, just Awesome.The band is smokin' and their upright player is really really on the money. Enjoy

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The rendition of Your Cheating Heart is one of the coolest things I have heard in a long time.

Redd, you are the MAN.

Just one more. Stormy Monday. Man this is just a killer band.

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Bravo!
Just what I needed this morning.
Such a tight band, and that was a rehearsal (they were making notes)?

Any details anywhere about the guitar he's using? The edging reminds me of silvertone/danelectro's vinyl.

Just one more. Stormy Monday. Man this is just a killer band.

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I love this. But i'm a fan of band leaders with horns like Gatemouth Brown, Bobby Bland and Albert Collins...all those Texas cats on the Peacock/Duke label in the late 40's and 50's really get me going. The more horns onstage the better.

Thanks for posting.

I think the guitar is a Hahn.

Great, now I have to add Redd to my list of favourite jazz players too.

Awesome...thanks for the post.

I'm going to see Redd this Friday night. Can't wait!

I love this. But i'm a fan of band leaders with horns like Gatemouth Brown, Bobby Bland and Albert Collins...all those Texas cats on the Peacock/Duke label in the late 40's and 50's really get me going. The more horns onstage the better.

Thanks for posting.

First, I owe everybody an apology. I wrote Don Kirchner when I meant Bill Kirchen. Redd and he have some galactic vibrations going on a few vids on YT.

Elihu-I feel just the same. We were talking about this at a gig, how much we love horns. You get 16 of horns together and the music they make is like no other.
It's kind of weird though. I played with the jazz band in college but prior to that I had never worked with horns. Liked them, but had never played with them. They first time I went to rehearsal I was hooked. As good as they are to listen to, they are way better to play with.

To Redd-

Thanks for sharing your gift with us. You are amazing.

Hadn't seen these, thanks a bunch