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Teddy Charles
American jazz musician and composer
Teddy Charles | |
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| Birth name | Theodore Charles Cohen |
| Born | ()April 13, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 16, () (aged&#;84) Riverhead, New York |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Vibraphone, piano, drums |
| Labels | Prestige, Atlantic, Jubilee, Bethlehem, Columbia, Warwick, Soul Note, Smalls |
| Formerly of | The Prestige Jazz Quartet |
Musical artist
Teddy Charles, born Theodore Charles Cohen (April 13, &#;– April 16, )[1] was an American jazz musician and composer, whose instruments were the vibraphone, piano, and drums.[1]
Career
Born Theodore Charles Cohen in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States,[1] he studied at the Juilliard School of Music as a percussionist.[1] Later he began to record and made personal appearances as Teddy Cohen with bands[2] as a vibraphonist, writing, arranging, and producing records. In , he changed his last name to Charles.
Charles was one of many jazz musicians who hung out at an apartment building at Sixth Avenue, in New York City, known as the Jazz Loft rented by photographer and artist David X. Young, who in turn sublet two apartments to Hall Overton (Charles's mentor) and Dick Cary.
Known as an innovator, Charles's main work was recorded in the s, with polytonal albums such as New Directions, Collaboration: West, Word from Bird, and The Teddy Charles Tentet. He was a studio musician for Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Shelly Manne, and Dion.[1] From the mids onwards, Charles worked primarily as a record producer.[1] He was also a co-leader of the Prestige Jazz Quartet. He recorded an album, Live at the Verona Jazz Festival, for Soul Note in
Charles was captain of the wooden schooner Mary E he purchased in and restored, and later captained the boat Pilgrim out of Greenport, New York (on the North Fork of Long Island) and performed music locally. In his last years, he began performing again after spending some years at sea. His last recording was the collaboration with Wily Bo Walker and Danny Flam featuring the song "You Don't Know What Love Is".
He died of heart failure in , aged [3]
Discography
As leader
- West Coasters (Prestige, 7" EP, )
- New Directions 3 (Prestige, 10" LP, ; rel. )
- New Directions 4 (Prestige, 10" LP, )
- The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic , )
- Collaboration West (Prestige, )
- 3 for Duke (Jubilee, )
- The Prestige Jazz Quartet (Prestige, )
- Word from Bird (Atlantic, )
- Evolution (Prestige, )
- Vibe-Rant (Elektra, )
- Coolin' (New Jazz, )
- Salute to Hamp (Bethlehem, )
- Jazz in the Garden at the Museum of Modern Art (Warwick, )
- On Campus: Ivy League Jazz Concert (Bethlehem, )
- Russia Goes Jazz (United Artists, )
- Live at the Verona Jazz Festival (Soul Note, )
Reissues
- Adventures in California (Fresh Sound Records, ; reissue of West Coasters and New Directions 4)
- Dances with Bulls (Smalls, )
With Bob Brookmeyer
With Charles Mingus
- East Coasting (Bethlehem, )
- Town Hall Concert (United Artists, )
- Nostalgia in Times Square/The Immortal Sessions (Columbia, )
- Mingus Dynasty (Columbia, )
With others
- Australian Jazz Quintet, Modern Jazz Performance of Kurt Weill's Three Penny Opera (Bethlehem, )
- Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams, Out of This World (Warwick, )
- Miles Davis, Blue Moods (Debut, )
- Rusty Dedrick, A Jazz Journey (Monmouth, )
- Aretha Franklin, Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (Columbia Records, )
- Curtis Fuller & Hampton Hawes, Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (Status, )
- Wardell Gray, Memorial Volume One (Prestige, )
- Thad Jones, Olio (Prestige, )
- Lee Konitz, Ezz-thetic (New Jazz, )
- Eric Kloss, Grits & Gravy (Prestige, )
- Alonzo Levister, Manhattan Monodrama (Debut, )
- Teo Macero, Teo (Prestige, )
- Mary Ann McCall, Detour to the Moon (Jubilee, )
- Gil Melle, Gil's Guests (Prestige, )
- Metronome All-Stars, Metronome All-Stars (Clef, )
- Gunther Schuller & George Russell, Modern Jazz Concert (Columbia, )
- Harold Vick, Watch What Happens (RCA Victor, )
References
External links
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