Teddy Wilson - The Touch of Teddy Wilson (1957)

When the album The Touch of Teddy Wilson was made in 1957, Wilson was already a big Jazz star, with a long career behind him. He had been a member of the celebrated Benny Goodman trio/quartet, the musical conductor of numerous small group studio sessions with stars like Billie Holiday, Lester Young and Ben Webster, and a prolific concert and recording artist in many other formats. Many of Teddy Wilson's best remembered recordings, however, are in the trio format. This is the case with The Touch of Teddy Wilson, the first trio album he made after his long 1956 studio sessions with drummer Jo Jones, who had departed the group shortly before.

As a bonus, we have included the complete performance by the Teddy Wilson Trio (with Milt Hinton on bass and Specs Powell on drums) at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan is added to the trio on 'Sweet Georgia Brown'.