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| Word from Bird... |
| Teddy Charles |
első megjelenés éve: 1956
42 perc |
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| (2006)
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| 4.070 Ft
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| 1. | Word from Bird
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| 2. | Laura
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| 3. | Show Time
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| 4. | When Your Lover Has Gone
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| 5. | Just One of Those Things
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| 6. | Blue Greens
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Jazz / Bop; Cool
Teddy Charles - Vibraphone
Addison Farmer Bass
Art Farmer Trumpet
Bob Doherty Engineer
Charles Mingus Bass
Don Butterfield Tuba
Ed Shaughnessy Drums
Eddie Bert Trombone
Gary Kramer Liner Notes
Gene Paul Mastering
George Barrow Sax (Baritone)
Hal Stein Sax (Alto)
Hall Overton Piano
James Buffington French Horn
Jim Buffington French Horn
Jimmy Raney Guitar
Marvin Israel Engineer, Cover Design
Nesuhi Ertegun Supervisor
Robert Newman Sax (Tenor)
Tom Dowd Engineer
This Koch reissue brings to light a forgotten 1957 Atlantic session from vibraphonist Teddy Charles. Although much of this material falls under the category of cool jazz, the leadoff and title track "Word From Bird" features a full ensemble and caused some controversy for its third stream approach. Commissioned for the Stuttgart Light-Music Festival in 1956, the festival directors ended up rejecting it, insisting it was too musically advanced and serious for a "light music" festival. The swinging uptempo Bob Brookmeyer composition "Show Time" features admirable soloing from Charles, Hal Stein on alto, Robert Newman on tenor, trumpeter Art Farmer, and Jimmy Rainey on guitar. The four remaining tracks feature the rhythm section only with Hall Overton on piano, Charles Mingus on bass, and Ed Shaughnessy on drums. Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things," a haunting version of "Laura," "When Your Lover Has Gone," and the midtempo "Blue Greens" lazily gallops along with Mingus receiving ample solo space. Word From Bird is an enjoyable reissue. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
Teddy Charles
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Apr 13, 1928 in Chicopee Falls, MA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Third Stream, West Coast Jazz
Teddy Charles is a true rarity: a jazz musician who largely retired from the business. A skillful if not overly distinctive vibraphonist and (early in his career) quite capable on piano and drums, Charles was as important for his open-minded approach in the 1950s towards more advanced sounds as he was for his playing. He moved to New York to study percussion at Juilliard in 1946, but instead became involved in the jazz world. He had short stints with the big bands of Randy Brooks, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buddy DeFranco and Chubby Jackson from 1948-51 and then played with combos headed by Anita O'Day, Oscar Pettiford, Roy Eldridge and Slim Gaillard. He also became a member of the Jazz Composers' Workshop (1953-55) along with Charles Mingus and Teo Macero, opening his style up to the influences of classical music and freer improvising. Charles, who recorded with Mingus, Miles Davis and Wardell Gray, among many others, began leading his own stimulating record dates in 1951, and by 1953 he was also working as a record producer, a field that took much more of his time from 1956 on. He led his own sessions for Prestige, Atlantic, Savoy, Jubilee, Bethlehem (where he produced around 40 records, mostly for other artists), and Warwick from 1951-60, but was hardly heard from in the 1960s, other than a 1963 set for United Artists. Charles relocated to the Caribbean, where he opened a sailing business. After participating in a 1980 jam session, Teddy Charles eventually moved back to New York, making a "comeback" record for Soul Note in 1988, but still remaining semi-retired from music.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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