Teddy Lee

Born: December 29th, 1956 in Bedford, Ohio. At age 5 surrounded by blues musicians like B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, and most notably John Lee Hooker, who gave him his first guitar. Through the years that followed he became a lover of Blues as well as Jazz, Funk, Rock, and RnB guitar styles. Biggest influences John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker,T.
At age 19 he moved to California and met Leo Sayers Drummer Alvin Taylor who turned him on to countless studio sessions. This experience further shaped his writing and playing style. He toured the country and overseas for 15 years with many artists and began working behind the scenes as an engineer tracking, editing, producing, and mixing. He has now returned to his Blues roots after surviving open heart surgery…

In the midst of his late-'70s hot streak, Teddy Pendergrass slowed down his groove somewhat for most of Teddy, his third excellent album in three years, and reprised the hushed tone and bedroom motifs that had made "Close the Door" such a success a year earlier.

Teddy Pendergrass finally made it back to the top in 1988, when the title track from this album spent two weeks at the head of the R&B list. The song even got mild pop attention, and the album was the first since his accident to really reflect the new Pendergrass sound. He sang in a slower, somber, yet appealing way quite different from the swaggering, openly sexual/macho posturing of the late '70s and early '80s. This was a weary but not beaten Pendergrass, whose manner and delivery underscored the resilient theme in Joy's lyrics.

Teddy Edwards - Ladies Man (2001) {HighNote HCD 7067}
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© 2001 HighNote Records, Inc. | HCD 7067
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / West Coast Jazz / Saxophone

For this project, veteran tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards performs ten songs named after women's names, including his own "Saskia." Despite the potentially gimmicky nature of the repertoire, the music is conventional hard bop, played with spirit by Edwards, pianist Ronnie Mathews, bassist Chip Jackson, drummer Chip White, and (on four of the ten numbers) trumpeter Eddie Allen. Due to the fine solos of Edwards, Mathews, and Allen and the close attention paid to tempo and mood variations between songs, this is an excellent outing, well worth exploring by straight-ahead jazz collectors.