Prestige Jazz Quartet – Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7108Rec. Dates : June 22, 1957, June 28, 1957 Bass : Addison FarmerDrums : Jerry SegalPiano : Mal WaldronVibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #244Stream this Album Cashbox : 11/09/1957 The newly formed disk group is patterned somewhat after the Modern Jazz Quartet in its regard for classical development of thematic material. The main dish

Teo Macero – Teo (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7104Rec. Date : April 27, 1957 Tenor Sax : Teo MaceroBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Jerry SegalPiano : Mal WaldronVibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #230Stream this Album Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 72 Tenorist Macero plays with warmth and sensitivity on this program of engagingly melodic original ballad material by various contributors – T. Charles, Macero, J. Ross, M. Waldron,

Teddy Charles – The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)

Atlantic – 1229Rec. Dates – January 6, 1956, January 11, 1956, January 17, 1956Stream this Album Vibes : Teddy CharlesAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : George Barrow, Sol SchlingerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Joe HarrisGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Art Farmer (as Peter Urban)Tuba : Don Butterfield Billboard : 05/12/1956Score of 78 Using an unusually constructed jazz ensemble (vibes,

Thad Jones / Frank Wess / Teddy Charles / Mal Waldron / Doug Watkins / Elvin Jones – Olio (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7084Rec. Date : February 16, 1957 Bass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Elvin JonesFlute, Tenor Sax : Frank WessPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Thad JonesVibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #210Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 06/24/1957Score of 76 An “All Star” package – T. Jones, M. Waldron, T. Charles, F. Wess, etc – where the writing of Charles and Waldron and

Teddy Charles – Evolution (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7078Rec. Dates : August 31, 1953, January 6, 1955 Vibes, Piano : Teddy CharlesDrums : Shelly ManneBass : Curtis Counce, Charles MingusTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre, J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Shorty Rogers Listening to Prestige : #91, #134Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 74 A representative, varied sampling of the West and East Coast recording activities of the adventurous vibist-writer, Teddy

Bob Brookmeyer – The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7066Rec. Dates : January 6, 1954, June 30, 1955 Valve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerPiano : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Ed Shaughnessy, Mel LewisGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano, Vibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #148Stream this Album Glamorgan GazetteBridgend, Wales : 05/31/1957 Outstanding examples of modern jazz “chamber music” are presented in this Long Playing release by

Teddy Charles – Collaboration: West (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7028Rec. Dates : August 21, 1953, August 31, 1953 Vibes : Teddy CharlesBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Curtis CounceClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Teddy CharlesTenor Sax : Jimmy GiuffreTrumpet : Shorty “Jolly” Rogers Listening to Prestige : #91Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 06/30/1956Score of 76 A re-issue of the material on the 10-inch

Wardell Gray – Memorial, Volume One (1955)

Prestige – PRLP 7008Rec. Dates : November 11, 1949, April 25, 1950, February 20, 1953 Tenor Sax : Wardell GrayAlto Sax : Frank MorganBass : John Richardson, Tommy Potter, Dick NivisonDrums : Roy Haynes, Art Mardigan, Lawrence MarablePiano : Al Haig, Phil Hill, Sonny ClarkVibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #16, #82Stream this Album Down Beat Review : 1/11/1956Nat Hentoff : 4 stars This