Teddy Charles & Shorty Rogers - Collaboration-West (1992) Flac

Tracklist

01. Variations on a Motive by Bud (Charles) - 4:20
02. Wailing Dervish (Rogers) - 4:32
03. Further Out (Charles) - 5:43
04. Etudiez le Cahier (Charles) - 3:49
05. Margo (Charles) - 4:52
06. Bobalob (Charles) - 7:01
07. Edging Out (Charles) - 4:13
08. Nocturne (Charles) - 2:52
09. Composition for Four Pieces (Raney) - 1:35
10. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli) - 6:45

Vibraphonist Teddy Charles heads three West Coast-style sessions on this CD reissue that look a bit toward Third Stream and the avant-garde experiments of the early '60s. Although there are some swinging sections, much of the music is quite complex with difficult arrangements and some polytonality. One session has Charles (who doubles on piano) in a quartet with guitarist Jimmy Raney (those four numbers were not on the original LP) while the other originals feature trumpeter Shorty Rogers, bassist Curtis Counce, drummer Shelly Manne and sometimes Jimmy Giuffre on tenor and baritone. The music is thought-provoking if a bit cold and clinical, easier to respect than to love. ~ Scott Yanow