TEDDY EDWARDS

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Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist based on the West Coast of the US.

Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and then clarinet. Edwards' first professional job was with The Royal Mississippians with Doc Parmley.

His uncle sent for him to come to Detroit to live because he felt opportunities were better. Due to illness in the family, he went back to Jackson and ventured to Alexandria, Louisiana. He was persuaded by Ernie Fields to join his band after going to Tampa, Florida. Teddy had planned to go to New York, but Ernie Fields convinced him he could get there by way of Washington, DC if he worked with his band. Teddy ended up at the Club Alabam on Central Ave. in Los Angeles, which later
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TEDDY EDWARDS It's About Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's About Time
Bop 1960
TEDDY EDWARDS Teddy's Ready! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Teddy's Ready!
Bop 1960
TEDDY EDWARDS Sunset Eyes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sunset Eyes
Bop 1960
TEDDY EDWARDS Teddy Edwards / Howard McGhee ‎: Together Again! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Teddy Edwards / Howard McGhee ‎: Together Again!
Bop 1961
TEDDY EDWARDS Good Gravy! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Good Gravy!
Bop 1962
TEDDY EDWARDS Heart & Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Heart & Soul
Soul Jazz 1962
TEDDY EDWARDS Nothin' but the Truth! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nothin' but the Truth!
Bop 1967
TEDDY EDWARDS It's All Right! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's All Right!
Bop 1967
TEDDY EDWARDS Feelin's album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Feelin's
Bop 1974
TEDDY EDWARDS The Inimitable album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Inimitable
Bop 1976
TEDDY EDWARDS Out Of This World album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Out Of This World
Bop 1981
TEDDY EDWARDS Mississippi Lad (featuring Tom Waits) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mississippi Lad (featuring Tom Waits)
Bop 1991
TEDDY EDWARDS Blue Saxophone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blue Saxophone
Bop 1992
TEDDY EDWARDS Tango In Harlem album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tango In Harlem
Bop 1995
TEDDY EDWARDS Back to Avalon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Back to Avalon
Bop 1995
TEDDY EDWARDS Teddy Edwards & Houston Person : Horn to Horn album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Teddy Edwards & Houston Person : Horn to Horn
Bop 1996
TEDDY EDWARDS Midnight Creeper album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Midnight Creeper
Bop 1997
TEDDY EDWARDS The Saxophone Of Teddy Edwards & Houston Person - Close Encounters album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Saxophone Of Teddy Edwards & Houston Person - Close Encounters
Bop 1999
TEDDY EDWARDS The Legend Of Teddy Edwards album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Legend Of Teddy Edwards
Bop 2001
TEDDY EDWARDS Ladies Man album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ladies Man
Bop 2001
TEDDY EDWARDS Smooth Sailing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Smooth Sailing
Bop 2002

TEDDY EDWARDS EPs & splits

TEDDY EDWARDS Teddy Edwards / Vivian Garry / Dodo Marmarosa : Central Avenue Breakdown, Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Teddy Edwards / Vivian Garry / Dodo Marmarosa : Central Avenue Breakdown, Volume 1
Bop 1974
TEDDY EDWARDS Teddy Edwards / Barney Kessel / Slim Gaillard ‎: Central Avenue Breakdown, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Teddy Edwards / Barney Kessel / Slim Gaillard ‎: Central Avenue Breakdown, Volume 2
Bop 1974

TEDDY EDWARDS live albums

TEDDY EDWARDS Teddy Edwards Quartet ‎: Good Gravy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Teddy Edwards Quartet ‎: Good Gravy
Bop 1984
TEDDY EDWARDS La Villa - Live In Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
La Villa - Live In Paris
Bop 1994

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TEDDY EDWARDS Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon, Leo Parker, Wardell Gray ‎: The Foremost album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon, Leo Parker, Wardell Gray ‎: The Foremost
Bop 1972
TEDDY EDWARDS The Complete Recordings 1947-1962 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Recordings 1947-1962
Bop 2017

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