Teddy Charles & Shorty Rogers - Collaboration-West '1992

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Variations on a Motive by Bud (Charles) - 4:20
02. Wailing Dervish (Rogers) - 4:32
03. Further Out (Charles) - 5:43
04. Etudiez le Cahier (Charles) - 3:49
05. Margo (Charles) - 4:52
06. Bobalob (Charles) - 7:01
07. Edging Out (Charles) - 4:13
08. Nocturne (Charles) - 2:52
09. Composition for Four Pieces (Raney) - 1:35
10. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli) - 6:45

Vibraphonist Teddy Charles heads three West Coast-style sessions on this CD
reissue that look a bit toward Third Stream and the avant-garde experiments of
the early 60s. Although there are some swinging sections, much of the music is
quite complex with difficult arrangements and some polytonality. One session has
Charles (who doubles on piano) in a quartet with guitarist Jimmy Raney (those
four numbers were not on the original LP) while the other originals feature
trumpeter Shorty Rogers, bassist Curtis Counce, drummer Shelly Manne and
sometimes Jimmy Giuffre on tenor and baritone. The music is thought-provoking if
a bit cold and clinical, easier to respect than to love. ~ Scott Yanow

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