New Directions
by Teddy Charles
- Type: Album
- Released: 1953
- Label: Prestige
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 3.33/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Operating at the vanguard of the cool jazz movement, vibraphonist Teddy Charles utilizes this session to explore highly complex, progressive arrangements. The recordings integrate subtle classical counterpoint with advanced modern jazz improvisation, establishing him as a uniquely intellectual and adventurous composer during the 1950s.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, improvisation, rhythmic, complex, atmospheric
Tracklist
Credits
- Teddy Charles - piano, vibraphone
- Ira Gitler - Liner Notes
- Curtis Counce - Bass
- Shelly Manne - Drums (drum Set)
- Shorty Rogers - Trumpet