Midnight Creeper (Teddy Edwards album)

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Midnight Creeper
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Studio album by
Released1997
RecordedMarch 7, 1997
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length57:26
Label HighNote
HCD 7011
Producer Houston Person
Teddy Edwards chronology
Close Encounters
(1996)
Midnight Creeper
(1997)
Sunset Eyes 2000
(1999)

Midnight Creeper is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1997 and released on the HighNote label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow states "52 years after his recording debut, Teddy Edwards proved to still be in his musical prime" [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Teddy Edwards except where noted

  1. "Midnight Creeper" – 7:30
  2. "Walking in the Rain" – 5:40
  3. "Sensitive" – 6:06
  4. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin Ira Gershwin) – 10:34
  5. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 6:49
  6. "Sunday" (Chester Conn' Jule Styne, Benny Krueger Ned Miller) – 5:34
  7. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 9:44
  8. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 5:29

Personnel

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References

  1. Jazz Depot: HighNote discography accessed February 23, 2018
  2. Teddy Edwards catalog accessed February 23, 2018
  3. Teddy Edwards discography accessed February 23, 2018
  4. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Teddy Edwards accessed February 23, 2018
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Teddy Edwards – Midnight Creeper: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 419. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.