  We measure the evolution of the luminous red galaxy (LRG) luminosity function
in the redshift range 0.1<z<0.9 using samples of galaxies from the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey as well as new spectroscopy of high-redshift massive red
galaxies. Our high-redshift sample of galaxies is largest spectroscopic sample
of massive red galaxies at z~0.9 collected to date and covers 7 square deg,
minimizing the impact of large scale structure on our results. We find that the
LRG population has evolved little beyond the passive fading of its stellar
populations since z~0.9. Based on our luminosity function measurements and
assuming a non-evolving Salpeter stellar initial mass function, we find that
the most massive (L>3L*) red galaxies have grown by less than 50% (at 99%
confidence), since z=0.9, in stark contrast to the factor of 2-4 growth
observed in the L* red galaxy population over the same epoch. We also
investigate the evolution of the average LRG spectrum since z~0.9 and find the
high-redshift composite to be well-described as a passively evolving example of
the composite galaxy observed at low-redshift. From spectral fits to the
composite spectra, we find at most 5% of the stellar mass in massive red
galaxies may have formed within 1Gyr of z=0.9. While L* red galaxies are
clearly assembled at z<1, 3L* galaxies appear to be largely in place and evolve
little beyond the passive evolution of their stellar populations over the last
half of cosmic history.
