1:00 A.M. Standard Time – Freddie Redd

The style of this song is firmly on the bop side of hard bop, with a beautiful melodic singing quality reminiscent of Tadd Dameron or Sonny Clark. Particularly Clark-esque are the stop-time rhythm section figures on the first four measures of the A and C sections. Much of the melody of this song uses quarter-note triplets, which are also part of the stop-time figures. The bridge is 16 measures long (8 measures repeated twice but slightly varied), contrasting with the 8-measure A and C sections.

In this quintet arrangement, the trumpet plays the opening breaks alone. Elsewhere in the A and C sections, the tenor sax harmonizes below the melody. The tenor has the melody for most of the B section, with some trumpet countermelody below.

Minus You tracks are available for all instruments, taken from not only the quintet version but also a quartet take for the Minus Melody track. See the Minus You tab for details.

"The Freddie Redd Project" was recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.

Don Sickler: Although I had known something about Freddie Redd before my involvement with him through Uptown Records in 1984, I certainly didn't know how great a composer he was until I started going over his music, with him, in preparation for his Uptown sessions. For possible compositions to arrange for a proposed septet project, I was played a cassette copy of an unreleased acetate Freddie made years before with tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, with I believe Teddy Smith on bass and J.C. Heard on drums. Two of these compositions immediately jumped out at me, and I arranged them for Freddie Redd's "Lonely City" septet project (After The Show and Emily Reno). On that same acetate there were also three other compositions that really got my attention, always stuck with me, and are now part of my "Freddie Redd Project" recording. 1:00 A.M., Standard Time is the first one we're releasing, and soon we will be releasing two other gems: There I Found You and The Jolly Minor.

Minus You exclusive audio
Our Minus You tracks are taken mostly from the quintet recording, with the minus melody and trio (bass & drums only) from a separate quartet take with the same form:
clip This is the format of the complete recording
-- melody
-- 3 choruses solo (quintet: piano 1 chorus, trumpet 1 chorus, tenor sax 1 chorus)
-- out melody
[clip] minus melody from the quartet take, Minus You for any melody instrument
--count off sets up the melody
--play the melody
--solo 3 choruses
--play the out melody
[clip] minus piano (quintet)
--count off sets up the melody
--comp and play figures for the melody
--solo 1 chorus
--comp for the trumpet and tenor sax solos (1 chorus each)
--comp and play figures for the out melody
[clip] minus bass - there is a separate Bass part
--count off sets up the melody
--play figures, 2-feel and 4-feel as indicated for the melody
--walk for the piano, trumpet, and tenor sax solos (1 chorus each)
--play figures, 2-feel and 4-feel as indicated for the out melody
[clip] minus drums - start with brushes
--count off sets up the melody
--brushes: play figures, 2-feel and 4-feel as indicated for the melody
--go to sticks: comp for the piano, trumpet, and tenor sax solos (1 chorus each)
--go to brushes: play figures, 2-feel and 4-feel as indicated for the out melody
clip] bass & drums only from the quartet take, bass & drums provide accompaniment for any instrument playing the melody: piano, vibes, guitar or horn
--count off sets up the melody
--play the melody
--solo 3 choruses
--play the out melody