Teddy Edwards

Synopsis

The late, great tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards talks to Alyn Shipton. Shortly before his death in 2003, Teddy Edwards met Alyn to discuss the highlights of a long and illustrious recording career. One of the most original voices in West Coast jazz, he settled permanently in Los Angeles in 1944 and created a distinctive and original bebop style.

Playlist:

Title: Taking Off
Artist: Teddy Edwards
Composer: Edwards
Album: Sunset Eyes
Label: Pacific
Number: 948482, Tr 7
Personnel: Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Joe Castro (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Billy Higgins (drums). 16 Aug 1960

DISC 2
Title: Up In Dodo's Room
Artist: Howard McGhee
Composer: Marmarosa
Album: Central Avenue Sounds
Label: Rhino
Number: 75872 CD 3, Tr 2
Personnel: Howard McGhee (trumpet), Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Arvin Garrison (guitar), Bob Kesterson (bass), Roy Porter (drums). 18 Oct 1946

DISC 3
Title: Dial-ated Pulis
Artist: Howard McGhee
Composer: McGhee
Album: Central Avenue Sounds
Label: Rhino
Number: 75872 CD 3, Tr 1
Personnel: as for Disc 2

DISC 4
Title: Blues in Teddy's Flat
Artist: Teddy Edwards Quartet
Composer: Edwards
Album: Central Avenue Sounds
Label: Rhino
Number 75872 CD 3, Tr 15
Personnel: Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Red Callendar (bass), Roy Porter (drums). 4 Dec 1947

DISC 5
Title: Come on Back
Artist: Benny Carter
Composer: Carter
Album: Additions to Further Definitions
Label: Impulse
Number 229, Tr 11
Personnel: Benny Carter, Bud Shank (allto saxophone), Buddy Collette, Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Bill Hood (baritone saxophone), Don Abney (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), Alvin Stoller (drums). 2 March 1966

DISC 6
Title: Together Again
Artist: Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee
Composer: Edwards
Album: Together Again
Label: Contemporary (OJC)
Number 424-2, Tr 1
Personnel: Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Phineas Newborn, Jr (piano), Ray Brown (bass); Ed Thigpen (drums). 15 May 1961

DISC 7
Title: Sunset Eyes
Artist: Clifford Brown
Composer: Edwards
Album Joy: Spring
Label: Proper
Number Properbox 86 CD 3, Tr 15
Personnel: Clifford Brown (trumpet), Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Carl Perkins (piano), George Bledsoe (bass), Max Roach (drums). April 1954

DISC 8
Title: The Duel
Artist: Dexter Gordon
Composer: Gordon
Album: Settin the Pace
Label: Proper
Number Properbox 16 CD 4, Tr 2
Personnel: Dexter Gordon, Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Red Callendar (bass), Roy Porter (drums). 4 Dec 1947

DISC 9
Title: The Sermon
Artist: Teddy Edwards
Composer: Edwards
Album: Teddy's Ready
Label: Contemporary
Number OJCCD 748-2, Tr 6
Personnel: Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Joe Castro (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Billy Higgins (drums). 17 Aug 1960

DISC 10
Title: Going Home
Artist: Teddy Edwards
Composer: Edwards
Album: Blue Saxophone
Label: Verve/Gitanes
Number 1147, Tr 12
Personnel (includes): Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Art Hillery (piano), Andy Simkins (bass), Mel Brown (drums). June 1992.

Broadcast

1. Sat 11 Jul 2009
   16:00
   BBC Radio 3