Good Gravy!

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Good Gravy!
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Studio album by
Teddy Edwards Quartet
Released1961
RecordedAugust 23–25, 1961
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length41:21
Label Contemporary
M 3592/S7592
Producer Lester Koenig
Teddy Edwards chronology
Together Again!!!!
(1961)
Good Gravy!
(1961)
Heart & Soul
(1962)

Good Gravy! is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Edwards is in typically swinging form on this quartet date". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Teddy Edwards except where noted.

  1. "Good Gravy" – 5:26
  2. "Could You Forget" – 5:40
  3. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Mitchell Parish) – 4:39
  4. "A Little Later" – 4:14
  5. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 5:23
  6. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:17
  7. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 3:16
  8. "Yes, I'll Be Ready" – 4:03
  9. "Not So Strange Blues" – 3:02

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 24, 2013
  2. Teddy Edwards discography accessed February 28, 2018
  3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Teddy Edwards accessed February 28, 2018
  4. Teddy Edwards catalog, accessed February 26, 2018
  5. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 24, 2013
  6. Down Beat: May 10, 1962 vol. 29, no. 10
  7. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 418. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.