The Connection

by Cecil Payne

The Connection cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Charlie Parker
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:30
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally serving as an understudy for the theatrical production, baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne recorded his own interpretations of Freddie Redd's music for the controversial play 'The Connection'. The album navigates themes of heroin addiction within the jazz scene, utilizing deeply grooving, blues-inflected hard bop to mirror the narrative's tension. It features a formidable frontline pairing Payne with trumpeter Clark Terry.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, soulful, saxophone, groove-laden, live

Tracklist

  1. Stop and Listen (4:48)
  2. Born Again (5:44)
  3. Dear People (4:04)
  4. Kenny's One (5:33)
  5. Sister Carol (3:18)
  6. Mighty Fine Wine (3:34)
  7. It's Your Life (3:26)

Credits

  • Cecil Payne - primary artist, baritone saxophone, written-by
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Charlie Persip - drums
  • Duke Jordan - piano
  • Bennie Green - trombone
  • Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Kenny Drew - written-by

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