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font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Don Redman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Don_Redman.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Don_Redman.PNG/280px-Don_Redman.PNG" decoding="async" width="280" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Don_Redman.PNG/420px-Don_Redman.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Don_Redman.PNG/560px-Don_Redman.PNG 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="479" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Don Redman, from <i><a href="/wiki/I_Heard_(film)" title="I Heard (film)">I Heard</a></i> (1933)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Donald Matthew Redman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1900-07-29</span>)</span>July 29, 1900<br /><a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_West_Virginia" title="Piedmont, West Virginia">Piedmont</a>, West Virginia, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 30, 1964<span style="display:none">(1964-11-30)</span> (aged 64)<br />New York City</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>, swing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Arranger, composer, musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Clarinet, saxophone, vocals</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1920–1960</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Donald Matthew Redman</b> (July 29, 1900 – November 30, 1964)<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> musician, <a href="/wiki/Music_arrangement" class="mw-redirect" title="Music arrangement">arranger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bandleader" title="Bandleader">bandleader</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Redman was born in <a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_West_Virginia" title="Piedmont, West Virginia">Piedmont, Mineral County, West Virginia</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a music teacher, his mother was a singer. Beginning by playing the trumpet at the age of three, Redman joined his first band at the age of six and by the age of 12 was proficient on all wind instruments ranging from trumpet to oboe as well as piano.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied at <a href="/wiki/Storer_College" title="Storer College">Storer College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harper%27s_Ferry" class="mw-redirect" title="Harper's Ferry">Harper's Ferry</a> and at the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Conservatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Conservatory">Boston Conservatory</a>, then joined Billy Page's Broadway Syncopaters in New York City. He was the uncle of saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Dewey_Redman" title="Dewey Redman">Dewey Redman</a>, and thus great-uncle of saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Redman" title="Joshua Redman">Joshua Redman</a> and trumpeter Carlos Redman.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1923, Redman joined the <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Henderson" title="Fletcher Henderson">Fletcher Henderson</a> orchestra, mostly playing <a href="/wiki/Clarinet" title="Clarinet">clarinet</a> and saxophones.<sup id="cite_ref-am_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-am-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He began writing arrangements, and Redman did much to formulate the sound that was to become <a href="/wiki/Swing_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing (genre)">swing</a>. A trademark of Redman's arrangements was the band playing harmony under written solos. He played brass and reed sections off each other in a <a href="/wiki/Call-response" class="mw-redirect" title="Call-response">call-response</a> pattern, having one section punctuate the figures of another, and moved the melody around different orchestral sections and soloists. His use of this technique was sophisticated, highly innovative, and formed the basis of much big band jazz writing in the following decades.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1927, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Goldkette" title="Jean Goldkette">Jean Goldkette</a> persuaded Redman to join <a href="/wiki/McKinney%27s_Cotton_Pickers" title="McKinney's Cotton Pickers">McKinney's Cotton Pickers</a> as their musical director and leader.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was responsible for their great success and arranged over half of their music (splitting the arranging duties with John Nesbitt through 1931). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Don_Redman_and_his_Orchestra">Don Redman and his Orchestra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Don Redman and his Orchestra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Redman formed his own band in 1931,<sup id="cite_ref-am_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-am-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gaining a residency at the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> jazz club <a href="/wiki/Connie%27s_Inn" title="Connie's Inn">Connie's Inn</a>. Redman signed with <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Records" title="Brunswick Records">Brunswick Records</a> and undertook a series of radio broadcasts. Redman and his Orchestra also provided music for the animated short <i><a href="/wiki/I_Heard_(short_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="I Heard (short film)">I Heard</a></i>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Betty_Boop" title="Betty Boop">Betty Boop</a> series produced by <a href="/wiki/Fleischer_Studios" title="Fleischer Studios">Fleischer Studios</a> and distributed by <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount</a>. Redman composed original music for the short, which was released on September 1, 1933. The Brunswick records Redman made between 1931 and 1934 were some of the most complex pre-swing hot jazz arrangements of popular tunes. Redman's band did not rely on just a driving rhythm or great soloists, but it had an overall level of arranging sophistication that was seldom heard by other bands of the period.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The popular vocalist, Harlan Lattimore, provided about half of the vocals during this period. Redman himself was occasionally featured as vocalist, displaying a humorous, recitation-like vocal style on numbers such as "Doin' What I Please" and "I Gotcha." </p><p>In 1933, his band made a <a href="/wiki/Vitaphone" title="Vitaphone">Vitaphone</a> short film for <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> (which is available as of 2006 on the DVD of the <a href="/wiki/Busby_Berkeley" title="Busby Berkeley">Busby Berkeley</a> feature film <i><a href="/wiki/Dames_(film)" title="Dames (film)">Dames</a></i>). Redman recorded for <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Records" title="Brunswick Records">Brunswick</a> through 1934. He then did a number of sides for ARC in 1936 (issued on their <a href="/wiki/Vocalion_Records" title="Vocalion Records">Vocalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perfect_Records" title="Perfect Records">Perfect</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melotone_Records_(US)" title="Melotone Records (US)">Melotone</a>, etc.) and in 1937, he pioneered a series of swing re-arrangements of old classic pop tunes for the Variety label. His use of a swinging vocal group (called "The Swing Choir") was very modern and quite unusual with Redman's sophisticated counterpoint melodies. He signed with <a href="/wiki/Bluebird_Records" title="Bluebird Records">Bluebird</a> in 1938 and recorded with them until 1940, when he disbanded.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Redman disbanded his orchestra, he concentrated on freelance work writing arrangements.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of his arrangements became hits for <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dorsey" title="Jimmy Dorsey">Jimmy Dorsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Harry_James" title="Harry James">Harry James</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He traveled to Europe in 1946 leading an all-star band that included <a href="/wiki/Don_Byas" title="Don Byas">Don Byas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyree_Glenn" title="Tyree Glenn">Tyree Glenn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a>. He appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Uptown_Jubilee" title="Uptown Jubilee">Uptown Jubilee</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/CBS_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Television">CBS Television</a> network for the 1949 season. In the 1950s, he was music director for singer <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1960s, he played piano for the Georgia Minstrels Concert and soprano sax with <a href="/wiki/Eubie_Blake" title="Eubie Blake">Eubie Blake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Noble_Sissle" title="Noble Sissle">Noble Sissle</a>'s band.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_posthumous_tribute">Death and posthumous tribute</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and posthumous tribute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Don Redman died in New York City on November 30, 1964, aged 64, from undisclosed causes.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was named a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame on May 6, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_leader">As leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1931–33 <i>The Chronological D R 1931-1933</i> (Classics #543, 1990)</li> <li>1933–36 <i>The Chronological D R 1933-1936</i> (Classics #553, 1991)</li> <li>1936–39 <i>The Chronological D R 1936-1939</i> (Classics #574, 1991)</li> <li><i>How'm I Doin' Hey Hey</i> (<a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Records" title="Brunswick Records">Brunswick 6273</a>, 1932)</li> <li><i>Doin' the New Lowdown</i> (<a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Records" title="Brunswick Records">Brunswick 6520</a>, 1932)</li> <li><i>Doin' the New Lowdown</i> (<a href="/wiki/Hep_Records" title="Hep Records">Hep</a>, 1994)<sup id="cite_ref-Lowdown_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowdown-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_sideman">As sideman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: As sideman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Henderson" title="Fletcher Henderson">Fletcher Henderson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Study_in_Frustration" class="mw-redirect" title="A Study in Frustration">A Study in Frustration</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>, 1961) (4lp box set)</li> <li><i>Wrappin' It Up</i> (Membran, 2005)</li> <li><i>Sweet and Hot</i> (<a href="/wiki/Le_Chant_du_Monde" title="Le Chant du Monde">Le Chant du Monde</a>, 2007)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/McKinney%27s_Cotton_Pickers" title="McKinney's Cotton Pickers">McKinney's Cotton Pickers</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>The Chronological McK C P 1928–1929</i> (Classics, 1991)</li> <li><i>The Chronological McK C P 1929–1930</i> (Classics, 1991)</li> <li><i>McKinney's Cotton Pickers, 1930–1931</i>/<i>Don Redman & His Orchestra, 1939–1940</i> (Classics, 1992)</li> <li><i>Put It There, Volume 1 – 1928–29</i> (Frog, 1999)</li> <li><i>Cotton Picker's Scat, Volume 2 – 1930</i> (Frog, 1999)</li> <li><i>Shag Nasty, Volume 3 The Alternate Masters</i> (Frog, 1999)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Redman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="https://syncopatedtimes.com/don-redman-1900-1964/">Don Redman profile</a>, redhotjazz.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newstribune.info/article/20100127/NEWS/301279995">Profile</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210228224054/https://www.newstribune.info/article/20100127/NEWS/301279995">Archived</a> February 28, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, newstribune.info</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105509">Don Redman recordings</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Discography_of_American_Historical_Recordings" title="Discography of American Historical Recordings">Discography of American Historical Recordings</a>.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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