Elvira Louise Redd (September 20, 1928 – February 6, 2022) was an American jazz alto saxophone player, vocalist and educator.

She was highly regarded as an accomplished veteran, and performed with Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Linda Hopkins, Marian McPartland and Dizzy Gillespie.

Another important musical mentor was her paternal great aunt Alma Hightower,[2][5] who convinced the 10-year-old Redd to switch from piano to saxophone.

[6] Redd graduated from Los Angeles State College in 1954,[3] and earned a teaching certificate from University of Southern California.

She played in Las Vegas in 1962, toured with Earl Hines in 1964 and led a group in San Francisco in the mid-1960s with her husband, drummer Richie Goldberg.