He was best known for writing the music for “The Connection,” an Off Broadway play that depicted the lives of heroin-addicted musicians in New York.He was best known for writing the music for “The Connection,” an Off Broadway play that depicted the lives of heroin-addicted musicians in New York.Read MoreRedd, Freddie (1928-2021), Deaths (Obituaries), Jazz, Theater, Movies, Clarke, Shirley, The Connection (Play), Blue Note Records