Coolin'

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Coolin'
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedApril 14, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length43:12
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8216
Producer Teddy Charles
Teddy Charles chronology
Vibe-Rant
(1957)
Coolin'
(1959)
3 For Duke
(1957)

Coolin' is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by vibraphonist Teddy Charles recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic reviewed the album stating "The group plays five originals by bandmembers that often have complex melodies but familiar chord changes. ...This obscure session is an excellent outing". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Staggers" (Mal Waldron) – 7:52
  2. "Song of a Star" (John Jenkins) – 7:11
  3. "The Eagle Flies" (Idrees Sulieman) – 7:38
  4. "Bunni" (Teddy Charles) – 8:02
  5. "Reiteration" (Waldron) – 7:56
  6. "Everything Happens to Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 4:33

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 30, 2015
  2. Cohan, N., Teddy Charles discography Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 30, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, March 30, 2015
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 243. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.