![]() ![]() Both albums were released on Pacific Jazz. Preceding Teddy’s Ready, which was recorded on August 17, 1960, Edwards released It’s About Time, a killer session with the greasy Les McCann trio, and Sunset Eyes, a fine date that boasts the title track, the Edwards composition that became somewhat of an instant standard. Around 1960, Edwards was on a hot streak. Like Gordon, who also lived west at that time, and Hampton Hawes, Howard McGhee, Elmo Hope, Edwards stood out as the edgy, hard-driving player among the cool Californian musicians. ![]() Edwards made his mark with the 1947 The Duel recordings with Dexter Gordon. The West Coast, Los Angeles to be precise, is where the Jackson, Mississippi-born Edwards had settled in the mid-40s. On Augat Contemporary Studio, Los Angeles ReleasedĪs Contemporary 3583 in 1960 Track listing Channeling Paul Chambers and Art Blakey, bassist Tamir Shmerling and drummer Eviatar Slivnik handle every soulful beat and stop-time break (especially on “Dig Dis”) with aplomb.Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone), Joe Castro (piano), Leroy Vinegar (bass), Billy Higgins (drums) Recorded ![]() Unlike Mobley, Degibri incorporates soprano sax in addition to tenor, playing Wynton Kelly’s transcribed piano solo from “This I Dig of You” in daredevil unison with pianist Tom Oren. ![]() The quartet plays all six tunes from the classic and signs off with the slow-groove original “Dear Hank.” But the shifts in tempo, harmony, and instrumentation are clear: “Soul Station,” “Split Feelin’s,” and “This I Dig of You” are a good deal faster than the original versions, while “If I Should Lose You” (preceded by a clip of Mobley’s actual speaking voice from At the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1) is far slower. Following that to its logical conclusion, the Israeli saxophonist offers not just an album in honor of his hero Hank Mobley, but also a full-blown re-creation of Mobley’s signature 1960 album Soul Station. The premise of this outing by Eli Degibri is that jazz musicians needn’t be shy about wearing their influences on their sleeves. ![]()
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