Teddy Edwards

2 LPs ON 1 CD
4 1/2 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE - 4 STARS PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

This release presents the complete original album "Together Again!" (Contemporary S7588), which reunited Teddy Edwards with Howard McGhee for the first time since their recordings in 1945-47 ( "Following Together Again!", they wouldn’t record together until 1979). The album features an all-star rhythm section consisting of Phineas Newborn Jr., Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. As a bonus, the Teddy Edward’s complete quartet LP "It’s About Time" (Pacific Jazz PJ-6), featuring the great Les McCann on piano.

PERSONNEL:

TEDDY EDWARDS, tenor sax
HOWARD McGHEE, trumpet
PHINEAS NEWBORN JR., piano
RAY BROWN, bass
& ED THIGPEN,drums

Los Angeles, May 15 & 17, 1961.

*Bonus Album (7-13): It’s About Time
Teddy Edwards (ts); Les Mccann (p); Leroy Vinnegar (b)
& Ron Jefferson (d). Los Angeles, August 1959.

TRACKS:

01 Together Again
02 You Stepped Out Of A Dream
03 Up There
04 Perhaps
05 Misty
06 Sandy
07 Our Love Is Here To Stay
08 Frankly Speaking
09 Fools Rush In
10 Undecided
11 Beve’s Comjumulations
12 Willow Weep For Me
13 Lover Come Back To Me

Total Time: 78:46