It's All Right! is an album by the saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.[ 1]
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating, "Although the music (mostly Edwards originals) is essentially hard bop, there are hints of the avant-garde here and there in the harmonies and solos... Edwards would not have an opportunity to record as a leader for another seven years, but the largely straight-ahead music has dated pretty well."[ 2]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "some of the material points in the direction of Coltrane and even Ornette Coleman; though never remotely avant-garde, Teddy knew what was happening on the scene... he was able to combine his usual easy, blues-inflected swing with something harder and darker."[ 3]
Writing for DownBeat , Dan Morgenstern commented: "The session was perfectly cast, and it adds up to a generous helping of well-crafted, well-played contemporary jazz without convenient labels... All told, a feather in Edwards'... cap."[ 4]
Track listing
All compositions by Teddy Edwards
"It's All Right" - 5:18
"Going Home" - 5:00
"Afraid of Love" - 5:05
"Wheelin' and Dealin'" - 6:53
"Mamacita Lisa" - 4:24
"Back Alley Blues" - 4:29
"The Cellar Dweller" - 4:54
"Moving In" - 5:58
Personnel
References
↑ Prestige Records discography . Retrieved May 23, 2013. - Teddy Edwards catalog . Retrieved February 28, 2018. - Teddy Edwards discography . Retrieved February 28, 2018. - "Teddy Edwards" . Enciclopedia del Jazz (in italiano). Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via Wordpress.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing . Retrieved May 23, 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 419. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
↑ 4.0 4.1 Morgenstern, Dan (May 16, 1968). "Record Reviews". DownBeat . Vol. 35, no. 10. pp. 26–28.
↑ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz . Virgin Books. p. 268.
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithGerald Wilson With others
Wheelin' and Dealin' (Frank Butler , 1978)
Groove Funk Soul (Joe Castro , 1960)
Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss , 1968)
Get Up & Get It! (Richard "Groove" Holmes , 1967)
Welcome Home (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1868)
Just the Way It Had to Be (Milt Jackson , 1969)
Memphis Jackson (Milt Jackson, 1969)
That's the Way It Is (Milt Jackson, 1969)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Hank Jones , 1978)
Feeling Good (Julie London , released 1965)
My Son the Jazz Drummer! (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Les McCann Sings (1961)
Everybody Loves a Winner (Freddie Redd , 1990)
Bluesmith (Jimmy Smith , 1972)
Leroy Walks! (Leroy Vinnegar , 1957)
Leroy Walks Again!! (Leroy Vinnegar, 1962–63)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader As sideman withArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers WithArt Farmer (or where stated),Benny Golson &The Jazztet WithEddie Harris WithBilly Higgins WithMilt Jackson WithEtta James WithClifford Jordan WithBlue Mitchell WithHouston Person With others
God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt , 1973)
Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
Something for Lester (Ray Brown , 1977)
Slow Drag (Donald Byrd , 1967)
The Almoravid (Joe Chambers , 1971–73)
Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook , 1981)
Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman , 1971–72)
Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971)
Giant Steps (John Coltrane , 1959)
Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss , 1967)
The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968)
This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham , 1958)
Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley , 1959)
It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards , 1967)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin , 1978)
Roots (Slide Hampton , 1985)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath , 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson , 1966)
Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard , 1961)
Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962)
The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963)
Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991)
Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson , 1978)
Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982)
Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson , 1959)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones , 1986)
Advance! (Philly Joe Jones , 1978)
Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
Seven Minds (Sam Jones , 1974)
Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77)
First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss , 1967)
Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Strings! (Pat Martino , 1967)
From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson , 1968)
Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968)
Caramba! (Lee Morgan , 1968)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968)
The Mode (Sonny Red , 1961)
Sonny Red (1971)
Setting Standards (Woody Shaw , 1983)
For Losers (Archie Shepp , 1968–69)
Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman , 1976)
Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson , 1972)
Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973)
Another Story (Stanley Turrentine , 1969)
Up Front (David Williams , 1986)