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	Don Redman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Donald Matthew Redman (July 29, 1900 - November 30, 1964) was a jazz musician, arranger, and composer.
		Don Redman had a musical television show on the CBS network for the 1949 season.
		Don Redman died in New York City on November 30, 1964.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Redman (326 words)

	Don Redman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1923 Don Redman joined the Fletcher Henderson orchestra, mostly playing clarinet and saxophones.
		Redman's band got a recording contract with Brunswick Records and a series of radio broadcasts.
		In 1940 Redman disbanded his orchestra, and concentrated on freelance work writing arrangements; some of his arrangements became hits for Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Redman (326 words)

	Don Redman -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Redman then formed his own band, which got a residency at the famous (One of the five boroughs of New York City) Manhattan jazz club Connie's Inn.
		Don Redman had a musical (A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) television show on the (Click link for more info and facts about CBS) CBS network for the 1949 season.
		Don Redman died in (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) New York City on November 30, 1964.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/don_redman.htm (593 words)

	Don Redman: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Don Redman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Don Redman (1900 - 1964) was a jazz musician, arranger, and composer.
		Donald Matthew Redman was born in Piedmont, West Virginia on July 29, 1900.
		In 1927 Redman joined the Detroit, Michigan based McKinney's Cotton Pickers, who he played with and arranged for through 1931.
	www.encyclopedian.com /do/Don-Redman.html (314 words)

	The JazzOwl - Don Redman
		Redman was a musical prodigy mastering several instruments in his youth and began arranging even before he graduated high school.
		Redman also started to intersperse written parts with ample spaces for Armstrong and the other budding soloists in the band (such as Coleman Hawkins and Cootie Williams) to express themselves also often designating a section for a chase.
		Don Redman's contribution to jazz arrangement and the big band style is one of the building blocks from which much of jazz has arisen.
	bretarenson.chez.tiscali.fr /jazzowl/words/bios/redman.html (761 words)

	Harpers Ferry NHP: Don Redman
		Redman played the trumpet by the age of three and all wind instruments by the time he was twelve.
		While at Storer, Don was under the musical tutelage of longtime band master, John Wesley McKinney as well as Charlotte May Nason and Carlotta Stevens Slater, both graduates of the New England Conservatory of Music.
		Don returned to Storer with former student Clarence Martin and presented a successful fundraising concert with all proceeds going to the college.
	www.nps.gov /hafe/redman.htm (548 words)

	REDMAN, Don : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hoagy Carmichael was an admirer; legend has it that Redman gave Carmichael advice, and may have written the lovely intro to 'Stardust': he was certainly among the first to record it, two years before it had lyrics.
		Redman did as much as anyone to bring about the Big Band Era with hot tunes ('Nagasaki', 'Hot And Anxious'), novelties and patter vocals ('I Heard', 'Reefer Man', later 'I Got Ya', 'About Rip Van Winkle').
		Edinburgh's Hep label has a partially complete Redman series from '31 with good transfers by John R. Davies, notes by Frank Driggs: nice period pop as well as jazz classics; Doin' What I Please on ASV is a good compilation '25--38 incl.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/r/R44.HTM (490 words)

	Jass.com: Bennie Moten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Don began playing the trumpet at the age of three, joined his first band at 6 and by the age of 12 was proficient on all wind instruments including the oboe.>
		Hoagy Carmichael was an admirer of the young Don Redman and legend has it that Redman gave Hoagy musical advice and may have written the introduction to "Stardust." Don was one of the first to record it as an instrumental, the words to that classic weren't added by Mitchell Parrish until a few years later.
		Redman is credited with inventing the swing choir in which the band sang a paraphrase of the words to a counter melody.
	www.jass.com /Don (661 words)

	Don Byas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carlos Wesley (Don) Byas (October 21, 1912–August 24, 1972) was a popular African-American jazz musician born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in the United States.
		Although his long residence in Europe kept him out of the public eye in the United States, he is widely considered to be one of the great jazz tenor saxophonists.
		In 1946 he toured Europe with Don Redman, and moved there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Byas (180 words)

	ESPN.com: NFL - Redman might give Ravens stability at QB
		The difference, though, this time around is that third-year veteran Chris Redman is apt to accomplish what Mitchell, Tony Banks and Elvis Grbac could not: Hold on to the starter's job for consecutive seasons.
		Redman will not directly address the problems Grbac experienced, the lack of gumption teammates witnessed on a too-often basis, but he is obviously aware of the perception his predecessor evoked.
		For much of his senior year, Redman was regarded as the equal of Chad Pennington for the top quarterback prospect in the draft.
	espn.go.com /nfl/trainingcamp02/columns/ravens/1418864.html (1310 words)

	:: BlackElectorate.com ::
		Assuming that Redman actually said what he did, we don't understand what the big deal is regarding his statement and really think that he and Minister Farrakhan are in virtual agreement over the profitability of so-called conscious rap.
		The interesting thing about the mini-controversy/confusion over Redman's comments is that Minister Farrakhan, in his address, told the artists that he was "not asking for a radical change" but that he was asking artists to "speak to the issues that enlighten".
		Redman, however, intelligently took the discussion into another dimension by looking at the immediate consequences of moving immediately into a "positive" form of rap from a "negative" form of rap.
	www.blackelectorate.com /print_article.asp?ID=99 (1404 words)

	DON REDMAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Don Redman is a successful business man, operating a small business for 40 years.
		Don has completed all 25 Jacksonville River Runs and directed a number of local youth and adult triathlons (biking, running and swimming).
		Don is very much involved with the Advisory Council for all the public schools in District 4.
	www.votefordonredman.com (371 words)

	Don Redman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Don Redman is one of the first great jazz arrangers and was a pivotal figure in the development of Swing and the Big Band style Jazz.
		Redman was a childhood prodigy who played many instruments and began arranging music while still in high school.
		When Henderson started his own orchestra in 1924 Redman joined as an arranger and reed player.
	www.redhotjazz.com /redman.html (196 words)

	Redman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1993 Redman was voted by The Source as the top rap artist of the year.
		And Now Redman returns to reveal "Dare Is A Dark Side", his highly anticipated follow-up on Def Jam Recordings.
		Redman states, "He had mad songs and he gave 'em to me because I was trying to let people hear him and stuff.
	www.defjam.com /artists/redman/redman.html (658 words)

	D. Don: Biography
		Redman was signed and went on to become a major player in the rap scene.
		Redman kept faith with his friend, as he referred D-Don and his rhyme Gov-Mattic to a few of his industry affiliates.
		D-Don signed a deal with Ruff House Records/Contract recordings and Diezzle Don and The Govenor recorded their first LP entitled,”1995 Year of the Independent.” D-Don had to run his company from prison on a phone through his then music attorney Kevin Glickman.
	www.bonaficial.com /bio.htm (1073 words)

	Don Redman Tribute Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Further on in the cartoon, we hear Don singing two of his other trademark pieces, "How'm I Doin'?" and "I Heard." The words to "How'm I Doin'?" were modified for the cartoon.
		Don's style was quiet and subtle, and at first we didn't pay too much attention to him; we were attracted initially to the flashier Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong, who also appeared in Betty Boop cartoons.
		Don Redman wrote a book called Chant of the Weed, which is unfortunately out of print.
	members.aol.com /tphbolton/home.htm (310 words)

	Dismuke's Hit Of The Week
		Don Redman was a conservatory trained musician/arranger/composer who was supposedly able to play virtually any musical instrument in the band.
		The "swing choir" style vocal heard on this week's recording was a Don Redman invention that was widely copied by others - the most famous example being Tommy Dorsey's big hit recording of "Marie." Redman died in 1964.
		I have never been able to find very many Don Redman 78 rpms - but I do have a lot of his recordings on CD reissues, a number of which are included in my radio station's playlist.
	www.dismuke.org /how/prev7-02.html (1144 words)

	Don Redman (1900 - 1964)
		Derart geschult kam Redman zu Beginn der 20er Jahre mit Fletcher Henderson in Kontakt, der sich diesen talentierten jungen Musiker sofort für sein Orchester sicherte.
		Don Redman zeigte erstmals, daß eine Musik ihren typischen Jazz-Charakter behalten kann, auch wenn sie mit Präzision und moderner Auffassung einstudiert wird.
		Redmans Plattenaufnahmen aber sind heute Kostbarkeiten, die der Kenner hoch zu schätzen weiß, zumal sie später nur in kleiner Dosieruung wiederveröffentlicht wurden.
	www.uni-duisburg.de /AVMZ/frohne/portrait/redma1.htm (948 words)

	Don Redman
		Don Redman is considered the first jazz composer - arranger by many.
		In short, he invented jazz writing for the big band, not only writing separate parts for reed and brass "choirs", leaving room for hot solos, but putting sections in opposition which solved the problems of the new style, thus showing everyone else how to do it.
		In 1931 Redman aquired the William McKinneys Cotton Pickers and continued for some time to compose and arrange their material.
	www.worldofgramophones.com /donredman.html (110 words)

	Don Redman b
		A gifted child, alto saxophonist Redman studied extensively and by his graduation had mastered most of the wind instruments and was also adept at arranging.
		In 1931 Redman formed his own band which remained in existence for almost a decade.
		During this period Redman wrote charts for numerous other big bands and after his own unit folded he pursued this aspect of his career, writing for Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James and many others.
	www.centrohd.com /biogra/r1/don_redman_b.htm (262 words)

	DON REDMAN Titles from Worlds Records
		DON REDMAN - AT THE SWING CATS BALL
		DON REDMAN - DOIN' THE NEW LOW DOWN: VOLUME 2
		DON REDMAN - SHAKIN' THE AFRICAN: VOLUME 1
	www.worldsrecords.com /pages/artists/r/redman_don/don_redman.html (26 words)

	Chris Mortensen - NFL thwarts Manning in attempt to honor Unitas - ESPN.com
		Ravens QB Chris Redman did what Colts QB Peyton Manning wanted to do, but Redman's fl high-top cleats won't cost him nearly as much as it would have Manning.
		Redman probably faces a first-time uniform violation of $5,000 for wearing fl high-tops in Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in salute to Johnny Unitas, who died of a heart attack last week.
		Redman, like Unitas, was a former Louisville quarterback and was counseled frequently by the former Colt great in recent years.
	espn.go.com /chrismortensen/s/2002/0917/1432826.html (380 words)

	Jass.com: Don Redman CD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Redman's orchestra is great music with a good number of novelty numbers like Puddin' Head Jones, Watching The Knife and Fork Spoon, and Got The Jitters.
		The principal vocalists for Redman's orchestra at this time were Harlan Lattimore and Chick Bullock who sometimes sound a bit reminscent of Bing Crosby, which isn't surpising considering that crooner's popularity.
		Redman also sings a few numbers in his own singular half talking half singing style.
	www.jass.com /Don/Redman.review.html (226 words)

	The Don Redman Orchestra \| Geneva 1946 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Redman’s well—disciplined orchestra nimbly straddled the fence between two eras — swing and bop — and numbered in its ranks such acclaimed sidemen as Don Byas, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson and a 25—year—old pianist named Billy Taylor.
		There are eight charts by Redman (who takes no solos), two by Taylor (“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “Tea for Two,” both of which showcase his piano) and one by Elton Hill (“My Melancholy Baby,” on which Glenn is featured on vibes, as he is on Redman’s treatment of “Limehouse Blues”).
		Don Redman, leader, alto sax; Bob Williams, Allan Jeffries, trumpet; Peanuts Holland, trumpet, vocals; Quentin Jackson, Jackie Carman, trombone; Tyree Glenn, trombone, vibes; Chauncey Houghton, Peter Clark, alto, baritone sax, clarinet; Don Byas, Ray Abrams, tenor sax; Billy Taylor, piano; Ted Sturgis, bass; Buford Oliver, drums; Inez Cavanaugh, vocals.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=4499 (378 words)

	Jazz Me News October 2003
		Don Redman left Fletcher Henderson's band in 1927 to take the position of Musical Director of an up-and-coming hot band out of Detroit, McKinney's Cotton Pickers.
		For a while, Henderson was able to get by without Redman's brilliant work by "borrowing" arrangements from other bands, but by 1931 Fletcher hit his stride as a master arranger in his own right.
		Henderson built on Redman's arranging methods and produced a series of charts that are still considered classics of big band writing.
	www.riverwalk.org /JMN/Archive/html/JMN10_01_03.htm (3250 words)

	2003 NFL Draft QB Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Redman spent much of his rookie season in the treatment room, and was plagued by back problems.
		With those recent problems still very much a question mark over Redman, it gives Boller a very real chance of extended playing time in his rookie season.
		The Ravens clearly don’t think that much of Redman, and I would not be surprised to see Boller start from week one.
	draftzone.com /rookieqbs.htm (1774 words)

	Lightyear Entertainment-D. Don (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		D-Don (aka Diezzle Don) is deeply intertwined in the history of Newark, New Jersey’s underground hip-hop scene.
		Produced by Diezzle Don and Govener, this song ends the LP as the 3 emcees go back and forth.
		People like Redman and Eminem are mentioned as he declares, “…Everywhere we go –they all want to smoke with us…” It’s a fun track that adds a new twist to an over-done concept.
	www.lightyear.com /music/rap/ddon/artist/don.html (1285 words)

	Don Redman & His Orchestra MP3 Downloads - Don Redman & His Orchestra Music Downloads - Don Redman & His Orchestra ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The third in the series of Don Redman Classics CDs finds the innovative arranger adjusting to the swing era.
		A lot of interesting names passed through the band during this era, including trumpeter Sidney DeParis, trombonist Quentin Jackson and singer Laurel Watson, and there is some pleasing music despite a fair amount of vocals.
		The first CD in Classics' Redman series is the most essential.
	www.mp3.com /albums/126555/summary.html (279 words)

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