Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards was, with Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray, the top young tenor of the late '40s. Unlike the other two, he chose to remain in Los Angeles and has been underrated through the years but remained in prime form well into his 70s. Early on, he toured with Ernie Fields' Orchestra, moving to L.A. in 1945 to work with Roy Milton as an altoist. Edwards switched to tenor when he joined Howard McGhee's band and was featured in many jam sessions during the era, recording "The Duel" with Dexter Gordon in 1947. A natural-born leader, Edwards did work briefly with Max Roach & Clifford Brown (1954), Benny Carter (1955), and Benny Goodman (1964), and he recorded in the 1960s with Milt Jackson and Jimmy Smith. But it was his own records -- for Onyx (1947-1948), Pacific Jazz, Contemporary (1960-1962), Prestige, Xanadu, Muse, SteepleChase, Timeless, and Antilles -- that best displayed his playing and writing; "Sunset Eyes" is Edwards' best-known original.
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The Complete Recordings: 1947 - 1962
Jazz - Released by ENLIGHTENMENT on Jul 20, 2017
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Close Encounters
Bebop - Released by HighNote Records on Jul 8, 1999
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Midnight Creeper
Bebop - Released by HighNote Records on Mar 7, 1997
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Sunset Eyes (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on Nov 20, 2015
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Four Classic Albums (Teddy's Ready / Sunset Eyes / Together Again / Good Gravy) [Remastered]
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on Nov 13, 2015
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Smooth Sailing
Bebop - Released by HighNote Records on Mar 11, 2003
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Greatest Jazz Masters
Bebop - Released by Vintage Masters Inc. on May 1, 2012
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Out of This World
Jazz - Released by SteepleChase on Jan 1, 1989
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Together Again (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on Nov 20, 2015
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Blue Saxophone
Blues - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Jan 1, 1992
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Mississippi Lad
Pop - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on Jan 1, 1991
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Jazz Collection
Jazz - Released by Union Music Sales on Sep 25, 2012
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Wise In Time
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Storyville on Nov 20, 1998
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Love Moods - Good Gravy
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Apr 3, 2013
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