Teddy Edwards - The Complete Recordings 1947-1962 (2017)

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.

TRACKLIST

01. Blues in Teddy's Flat
02. The Duel
03. Hornin' In
04. Fairy Dance
05. It's the Talk of the Town
06. Teddy's Tune
07. Wonderful Work
08. Rexology
09. Three Bass Hit
10. Body and Soul
11. R.B.'s Wig
12. Out of Nowhere
13. Bird Legs
14. Steady with Teddy
15. Roy's Boy
16. Billie's Bounce
17. A Foggy Day
18. Our Love Is Here to Stay
19. Frankly Speaking
20. Fools Rush In
21. Undecided
22. Beve's Conjumulations
23. Willow Weep for Me
24. Lover Come Back to Me
25. Tempo De Blues
26. Vintage '57
27. I Hear a Rhapsody
28. Up in Teddy's New Flat
29. Sunset Eyes
30. Teddy's Tune (1960)
31. Takin' Off
32. Blues in G
33. Scrapple from the Apple
34. What's New
35. You Name It
36. Take the 'A' Train
37. The Sermon
38. Higgins' Hideaway
39. Together Again
40. You Stepped out of a Dream
41. Up There
42. Perhaps
43. Misty
44. Sandy
45. Good Gravy
46. Could You Forget
47. A Stairway to the Stars
48. A Little Later
49. On Green Dolphin Street
50. Just Friends
51. Laura
52. Yes, I'll Be Ready
53. Not so Strange
54. Smokin'
55. No Regrets
56. Secret Love
57. Little Steddy
58. Wiggin'
59. A Bag of Blues