Teddy Charles

vibraphone, composition, arrangement · 1928–2012

A vibraphonist, composer and arranger active in New York, Teddy Charles led an experimental tentet for Atlantic in 1956, which remained in the Penguin Guide's "Core Collection". He left music in the early 1960s to outfit charter sailboats, then returned to the New York scene until his death at age 84.

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Styles

• Third stream
• Cool (Birth of the Cool)

Landmark tracks

• Vibrations (1956)
• The Quiet Time (1956)
• The Emperor (1956)
• Lydian M-1 (1956)

Sources

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