Mississippi Lad

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Mississippi Lad
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Studio album by Teddy Edwards featuring Tom Waits
Released 1991
Recorded March 13 & 14, 1991
Studio Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length57:25
Label Verve/Gitanes
511 111-2
Producer Jean-Philippe Allard
Teddy Edwards chronology
Good Gravy
(1981) Good Gravy1981		Mississippi Lad
(1991)		 Blue Saxophone
(1992) Blue Saxophone1992

Mississippi Lad is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards featuring Tom Waits on two tracks which was recorded in 1991 and originally released on the French Verve/Gitanes label in Europe and on Antilles Records in the US. [1] [2] [3] [4] The album was Edwards' first recording in a decade.

Teddy Edwards American musician

Theodore Marcus Edwards was an American jazz tenor saxophonist on the west coast of the U.S.

Tom Waits American singer-songwriter and actor

Thomas Alan Waits is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Waits' music is characterized by his distinctive deep, gravelly singing voice and lyrics focusing on the underside of U.S. society. During the 1970s, he worked primarily in jazz, but since the 1980s his music has reflected greater influence from blues, vaudeville, and experimental genres.

Verve Records American record label

Verve Records, also known as The Verve Music Group, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier labels, Clef Records, founded in 1946, Norgran Records, founded in 1953, and material previously licensed to Mercury Records.

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Track listing

All compositions by Teddy Edwards

  1. "Little Man" – 4:39
  2. "Safari Walk" – 7:43
  3. "The Blue Sombrero" – 6:13
  4. "Mississippi Lad" – 6:44
  5. "Three Base Hit" – 7:13
  6. "I'm Not Your Fool Anymore" – 5:02
  7. "Symphony on Central" – 6:36
  8. "Ballad for a Bronze Beauty" – 5:12
  9. "The Call of Love" – 8:22

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Arrangement musical composition in altered form

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings... Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

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References

  1. ↑ Teddy Edwards catalog accessed February 27, 2018
  2. ↑ Teddy Edwards discography accessed February 27, 2018
  3. ↑ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Teddy Edwards accessed February 27, 2018
  4. ↑ Tom Waits: Guest Appearances accessed February 27, 2018
  5. ↑ Mississippi Lad – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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