It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards album)

It's All Right! is an album by the saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

It's All Right!
Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedMay 24 & 27, 1967
New York City
GenreJazz
Length42:01
LabelPrestige
PR 7522
ProducerDon Schlitten
Teddy Edwards chronology
Nothin' But the Truth!
(1966)
It's All Right!
(1967)
Feelin's
(1974)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]
DownBeat     [4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz     [5]

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

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All compositions by Teddy Edwards

  1. "It's All Right" - 5:18
  2. "Going Home" - 5:00
  3. "Afraid of Love" - 5:05
  4. "Wheelin' and Dealin'" - 6:53
  5. "Mamacita Lisa" - 4:24
  6. "Back Alley Blues" - 4:29
  7. "The Cellar Dweller" - 4:54
  8. "Moving In" - 5:58

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ 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 Italian). Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via Wordpress.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ a b Morgenstern, Dan (May 16, 1968). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. Vol. 35, no. 10. pp. 26–28.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 268.