Biography by Scott Yanow
Teddy Charles is a true rarity: a jazz musician who largely retired from
the business. A skillful if not overly distinctive vibraphonist and
(early in his career) quite capable on piano and drums, Charles was as
important for his open-minded approach in the 1950s toward more advanced
sounds as he was for his playing. He moved to New York to study
percussion at Juilliard in 1946, but instead became involved in the jazz
world. He had short stints with the big bands of Randy Brooks, Benny
Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buddy DeFranco, and Chubby Jackson from 1948-1951
and then played with combos headed by Anita O'Day, Oscar Pettiford, Roy
Eldridge, and Slim Gaillard. He also became a member of the Jazz
Composers' Workshop (1953-1955) along with Charles Mingus and Teo
Macero, opening his style up to the influences of classical music and
freer improvising. Charles, who recorded with Mingus, Miles Davis, and
Wardell Gray, among many others, began leading his own stimulating
record dates in 1951, and by 1953 he was also working as a record
producer, a field that took much more of his time from 1956 on. He led
his own sessions for Prestige, Atlantic, Savoy, Jubilee, Bethlehem
(where he produced around 40 records, mostly for other artists), and
Warwick from 1951-1960, but was hardly heard from in the 1960s, other
than a 1963 set for United Artists. Charles relocated to the Caribbean,
where he opened a sailing business. After participating in a 1980 jam
session, he eventually moved back to New York, making a "comeback"
record for Soul Note in 1988, but still remaining semi-retired from
music.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/teddy-charles-mn0000747202/biography
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Biografía de Scott Yanow
Teddy Charles es una verdadera rareza: un músico de jazz que se retiró
en gran parte del negocio. Un vibrafonista hábil, si no demasiado
distintivo y (al principio de su carrera) bastante capaz en el piano y
la batería, Charles fue tan importante para su enfoque de mente abierta
en la década de 1950 hacia los sonidos más avanzados como lo fue para su
forma de tocar. Se mudó a Nueva York para estudiar percusión en
Juilliard en 1946, pero se involucró en el mundo del jazz. Estuvo
brevemente con las grandes bandas de Randy Brooks, Benny Goodman, Artie
Shaw, Buddy DeFranco y Chubby Jackson de 1948 a 1951 y luego tocó con
combos encabezados por Anita O'Day, Oscar Pettiford, Roy Eldridge y Slim
Gaillard. También se convirtió en miembro del Taller de Compositores de
Jazz (1953-1955) junto con Charles Mingus y Teo Macero, abriendo su
estilo a las influencias de la música clásica y a la improvisación más
libre. Charles, que grabó con Mingus, Miles Davis y Wardell Gray, entre
muchos otros, comenzó a dirigir sus propias y estimulantes fechas de
grabación en 1951, y para 1953 también trabajaba como productor de
discos, un campo que le ocupó mucho más tiempo a partir de 1956. Dirigió
sus propias sesiones para Prestige, Atlantic, Savoy, Jubilee, Bethlehem
(donde produjo unos 40 discos, en su mayoría para otros artistas) y
Warwick de 1951 a 1960, pero apenas se le escuchó en el decenio de 1960,
aparte de un conjunto de 1963 para United Artists. Charles se trasladó
al Caribe, donde abrió un negocio de navegación. Después de participar
en una jam session en 1980, finalmente regresó a Nueva York, haciendo un
disco de "regreso" para Soul Note en 1988, pero aún permaneciendo
semi-retirado de la música.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/teddy-charles-mn0000747202/biography
Tracks:
1. Free
2. Evolution
3. Margo
4. Bobalob
Credits:
Bass – Curtis Counce
Cover – Young
Drums – Shelly Manne
Liner Notes – Hall Overton
Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre
Trumpet – Shorty Rogers
Vibraphone [Vibes], Piano – Teddy Charles
Note:
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, August 31, 1953
Label: Prestige – PRLP 169
Released: 1954
Genre: Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/3494030-Teddy-Charles-Quintet-New-Directions-4
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