Teo (album) explained

Teo
Type:Studio
Artist:Teo Macero
Cover:Teo (album).jpg
Released:1957
Recorded:April 27, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:36:13
Label:Prestige
PRLP 7104
Producer:Teddy Charles
Chronology:Teo Macero
Prev Title:What's New?
Prev Year:1956
Next Title:New Music in Quarter-Tones
Next Year:1967

Teo (also referred to as Teo Macero and the Prestige Jazz Quartet) is an album by saxophonist Teo Macero fronting the Prestige Jazz Quartet, a group nominally led by jazz vibraphonist Teddy Charles, which was recorded in 1957 for the Prestige label.[1] [2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is advanced but from the jazz tradition, and overall this set is more noteworthy for Macero's interesting playing than for the tunes themselves".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Ghost Story" (Mal Waldron) - 6:27
  2. "Please Don't Go Now" (John Ross) - 6:38
  3. "Just Spring" (Teo Macero) - 4:52
  4. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 7:09
  5. "Polody" (Teddy Charles) - 5:15
  6. "What's Not" (Waldron) - 5:52

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7104 Prestige Records discography
  2. Cohen, N. Teddy Charles Discography, accessed July 29, 2013
  3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2013