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Eldee Young
Eldee Young
American jazz musician; double-bass and cello player
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Young-Holt Unlimited
Young-Holt Unlimited
band
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Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
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Vernel Fournier
Vernel Fournier
American musician
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Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby
American musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Charles Stepney
Charles Stepney
American record producer
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Jamil Nasser
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Cleveland Eaton
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Herman Foster
Herman Foster
pianist
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Norman Simmons
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Ike Isaacs
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
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Lorez Alexandria
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Donald Bailey
Donald Bailey
American jazz drummer
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Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Lem Winchester
Lem Winchester
American recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician, police officer
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Bill Henderson
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Everett Barksdale
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
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Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Bill Ramsey
Bill Ramsey
German-American Jazz- and Schlager singer, Journalist and actor
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Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Johnny Coles
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Chuck Redd
Chuck Redd
American musician
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Patti Bown
Patti Bown
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
Redd Holt
American musician

Redd Holt

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Isaac "Redd" Holt (or "Red" Holt) (born May 16, 1932, Rosedale, Mississippi) is an American jazz and soul music drummer.

Holt began playing drums as a teenager while living in Chicago, where he played in an ensemble with future collaborators Ramsey Lewis and Eldee Young. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1955 and was stationed in Germany, where he played with a military band, and upon his return worked with Lewis, alongside Young, from 1956-1966, in addition to recording with Earl Bostic and James Moody near the end of the 1950s. In 1966 Young and Holt split with Lewis and formed their own group, Young-Holt Unlimited, which went on to achieve commercial success as an instrumental soul band. After the group's dissolution in 1974 Holt continued on as Redd Holt Unlimited, playing under this name into the 1990s, and worked in jazz education in Illinois. He founded the Gumption Artist Workshop, which was active from 1980 to 1985, and played internationally, including at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival and in Singapore in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In January and March 2018 at the age of 85 years, Redd did studio recording sessions at Treehouse Records in Chicago, ILLinois with Redd Holt on drums, Ken Haebich on bass and Jim Ryan on piano. This trio has been playing a gig every Friday night at the East Bank Club in Chicago for the last 15 years. The studio sessions produced a vinyl LP named, It's A Take! on the Treehouse Record label with 8 full length jazz standards on it. Redd Holt at 87 years of age is still belting out the tunes when his sticks hit the skins!