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Teddy Wilson

Famed for breaking the "colour bar" in jazz, pianist Teddy Wilson (1912-86) starred with Benny Goodman, made classic recordings with Billie Holiday and set a life-long standard for impeccable musicianship. Geoffrey Smith picks some favourite tracks.

1 hour

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Sun 24 Jan 2016 00:00

Music Played

  • Teddy Wilson

    Once Upon A Time

    • The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41.
    • Fabulous.
    • 1.
  • Billie Holiday & Wilson, Teddy With Billie Holiday, Voc.

    What A Little Moonlight Can Do

    • Lady Day - The Best of Billie Holiday.
    • 1.
  • Benny Goodman & Benny Goodman

    After You've Gone

    • The Quintessence.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 4.
  • Benny Goodman & Benny Goodman

    Time On My Hands

    • The Quintessence.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 16.
  • Billie Holiday & Billie Holiday

    Easy To Love

    • Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 8.
  • Teddy Wilson

    All My Life

    • The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41.
    • Fabulous.
    • 5.
  • Billie Holiday

    I'll Never Be The Same

    • The Legacy (1933-1958).
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 14.
  • Teddy Wilson & Teddy Wilson

    Mary Had A Little Lamb

    • The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41.
    • Fabulous.
    • 7.
  • Teddy Wilson & Benny Goodman

    Don't Blame Me

    • The Quintessence.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 16.
  • Teddy Wilson & Benny Goodman

    Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

    • The Quintessence.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 17.
  • Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra

    Jungle Love

    • The Quintessence.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 1.
  • Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra

    I Never Knew

    • The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41.
    • Fabulous.
    • 22.
  • Coleman Hawkins & Coleman Hawkins

    Make Believe

    • The Master.
    • Le Jazz.
    • 13.
  • Teddy Wilson & Teddy Wilson and His Trio

    Fine and Dandy

    • Teddy Wilson Trio and Jo Jones: Complete Recordings.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 6.
  • The Lester Young 鈥 Teddy Wilson Quartet

    All of Me

    Performer: The Lester Young 鈥 Teddy Wilson Quartet. Performer: Lester Young. Performer: Teddy Wilson. Performer: Gene Ramey. Performer: JOE JONES.
    • Pres and Teddy: The Lester Young Teddy Wilson Quartet.
    • Verve.
    • 1.

Performers:

听听 Title:听听Once Upon A Time 聽
聽 Artist:听听Teddy Wilson聽
聽 Composers:聽Carter/Moen聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41聽
聽 Label:听听Fabulous聽Catalogue No:聽FABCD 357聽
聽 Duration:聽03:32
聽 Performers:聽Max Kaminsky, (tp); Benny Carter, (tp); Floyd O鈥橞rien, (tb); Chu Berry, (ts); Teddy Wilson, (p); Lawrence 鈥淟arry鈥 Lucie, (g); Ernest Hill, (b); Sidney Catlett, (d)


聽 Title:听听What a Little Moonlight Can Do
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday聽
聽 Composers:聽Woods/Barker聽
聽 Album Title:聽Too Hot For Words聽
聽 Label:听听HEP聽Catalogue No:聽HEPCD-1012聽
聽 Duration: 聽02:56
聽 Performers:聽Roy Eldridge, (trumpet); Benny Goodman, (clarinet); Ben Webster, (tenor saxophone); Teddy Wilson, (piano); John Trueheart, (guitar); John Kirby, (string bass); Cozy Cole, (drums).

听听
聽 Title:听听After You've Gone 聽
聽 Artist:聽Benny Goodman聽
聽 Composers:聽Turner/Layton聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Quintessence聽
聽 Label:听听Fremeaux聽Catalogue No:聽FA 240聽
聽 Duration:聽02:46聽
聽 Performers:聽Benny Goodman, (cl); Teddy Wilson, (p); Gene Krupa, (d)

听听
听听听听听听听听 Title:听听Time On My Hands
聽 Artist:聽Benny Goodman聽
聽 Composers:聽Adamson/Gordon/Youmans聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Quintessence聽
聽 Label:听听Fremeaux聽Catalogue No:聽FA 240聽
聽 Duration:聽03:34聽
聽 Performers:聽Benny Goodman, (cl); Teddy Wilson, (p); Gene Krupa, (d)


听听 Title:听听Easy To Love
聽 Artist:聽Billie Holiday
聽 Composers:聽Cole Porter聽
聽 Album Title:聽Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday聽
聽 Label:听听Columbia/Legacy聽Catalogue No:聽COL-504722聽
聽 Duration:聽03:10
聽 Performers:聽Irving 鈥淢ouse鈥 Randolph, trumpet; Vido Musso, clarinet; Ben Webster, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Allan Reuss, guitar; Milt Hinton, string bass; Gene Krupa, drums聽

听听
聽 Title:听听All My Life 聽
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson聽
聽 Composers:聽Stept/Anderson聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41聽
聽 Label:听听Fabulous聽Catalogue No:聽FABCD 357聽
聽 Duration:聽03:12聽
聽 Performers:聽Frank Newton, trumpet; Benny Morton, trombone; Jerry Blake, clarinet; Teddy McRae, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; John Trueheart, guitar; Leemie Stanfield, bass; Cozy Cole, drums; Ella Fitzgerald, vocals.

听听
聽 Title:听听I'll Never Be The Same
聽 Artist:聽Billie Holiday
聽 Composers:聽Kahn/Malneck/Signorelli聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Legacy (1933-1958)聽
聽 Label:听听Columbia/Legacy聽Catalogue No:聽C3K-47724聽
聽 Duration:聽03:01聽
聽 Performers:聽Buck Clayton, trumpet; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, string bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.


听听 Title:听听Mary Had a Little Lamb 聽
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson聽
聽 Composers:聽Symes/Malneck聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41聽
聽 Label:听听Fabulous聽Catalogue No:聽FABCD 357聽
聽 Duration:聽02:55聽
聽 Performers:聽Teddy Wilson, piano; Roy Eldridge, trumpet and vocal; Chu Berry, tenor; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Bob Lessey, guitar; Israel Crosby, bass; Sid Catlett, drums.

听听
聽 Title:听听Don't Blame Me 聽
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson聽
聽 Composers:聽D.Fields/J.McHugh,
聽 Album Title:聽The Quintessence聽
聽 Label:听听Fremeaux聽Catalogue No:聽FA 240聽
聽 Duration:聽03:00聽
聽 Performers:聽Teddy Wilson, piano

听听
聽 Title:听听Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 聽
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson 聽
聽 Composers:聽Arlen/Koehler聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Quintessence聽
聽 Label:听听Fremeaux聽Catalogue No:聽FA 240聽
聽 Duration:聽02:40聽
聽 Performers:聽Teddy Wilson

听听
聽 Title:听听Jungle Love 聽
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson聽
聽 Composers:聽L. Robin / R. Rainger聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Quintessence聽
聽 Label:听听Fremeaux聽Catalogue No:聽FA 240聽
聽 Duration:聽02:50聽
聽 Performers:聽Bobby Hackett, cnt; Pee-Wee Russell, cl; Johnny Hodges, as; Teddy Wilson, p; Allen Reuss, g; Al Hall, b; Johnny Blowers, d.


聽 Title:听听I Never Knew 聽
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson聽
聽 Composers:聽Fiorito/Kahn 聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Teddy Wilson Collection - 1933 - 41聽
聽 Label:听听Fabulous聽Catalogue No:聽FABCD 357聽
聽 Duration:聽02:39聽
聽 Performers:聽Teddy Wilson, piano; Eddie Gibbs, guitar; Al Hall, bass; Yank Porter, drums


听听 Title:听听Make Believe
聽 Artist:聽Coleman Hawkins聽
聽 Composers:聽Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II聽
聽 Album Title:聽The Master聽
聽 Label:听听Le Jazz聽Catalogue No:聽CD37聽
聽 Duration:聽04:41聽
聽 Performers:聽Coleman Hawkins, ts; Teddy Wilson, p; John Kirby, b; Sid Catlett, d.


听听 Title:听听Fine and Dandy聽
聽 Artist:聽Teddy Wilson and His Trio聽
聽 Composers:聽Kay Swift/Paul James
聽 Album Title:聽Teddy Wilson Trio and Jo Jones: Complete Recordings聽
聽 Label:听听Essential Jazz Classics聽Catalogue No:聽55408聽
聽 Duration:聽03:31
聽 Performers:聽Teddy Wilson, piano; Jo Jones, drums; Milton Hinton, bass.

听听
聽 Title:听听All of Me聽
聽 Artist:聽Lester Young聽
聽 Composers:聽Simons/Marks
聽 Album Title:聽Pres and Teddy: The Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet聽
聽 Label:听听Verve聽Catalogue No:聽8312702-(1)聽
聽 Duration聽05:07聽
聽 Performers:聽Lester Young, tenor sax; Teddy Wilson, piano; Gene Ramey, bass;聽 Jo Jones, drums.

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  • Sun 24 Jan 2016 00:00

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