The Teddy Charles Tentet

The Teddy Charles Tentet
Dark photograph of Teddy Charles in a white short-sleeved dress shirt on a black background. Wearing sunglasses, he has his head averted. His body is striped, as by the shadows of a window blind.
Studio album by
Teddy Charles
Released1956
RecordedJanuary 6, 1956
GenreJazz
Length67:24
LabelAtlantic Records
ProducerNesuhi Ertegun
Teddy Charles chronology
Evolution
(1953-55) 		The Teddy Charles Tentet
(1956) 		Vibe-Rant
(1957)

The Teddy Charles Tentet is a 1956 jazz album featuring a tentet led by multi-instrumentalist Teddy Charles.[1] Critically well received, the album is listed as one of the "Core Collection" albums in The Penguin Guide to Jazz and an essential recording in 2000's The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to Postmodernism. Released originally in high fidelity vinyl by Atlantic, the album has been reissued on CD and LP multiple times since 2001.

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "The Teddy Charles Tentet". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2012.