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Together Again!

Teddy Edwards

Recorded	May 15-17, 1961
Label	Contemporary Records
Released	1961
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 402088

The record

Reunites the tenor man with fellow Central Avenue veteran Howard McGhee, their frontline chemistry unchanged since the bebop trenches of the 1940s. Phineas Newborn's dazzling technique and the airtight Brown-Thigpen rhythm section give this West Coast date real muscle and swing.

Session personnel

Ray Brown — bass
Ed Thigpen — drums
Phineas Newborn Jr. — piano
Teddy Edwards — saxophone [tenor]
Howard McGhee — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 24 pressings on file.

1961	Contemporary Records · M3588 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1961	Contemporary Records · S7588 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Deep Groove · deep groove
—	Contemporary Records · S7588 — Vinyl, LP, Repress, Stereo, Deep Groove · deep groove
—	Contemporary Records · S7588 — Vinyl, LP, Repress, Stereo, Deep Groove · deep groove
—	Contemporary Records · S7588 — Vinyl, LP, Repress, Stereo, Deep Groove · deep groove
1961	Contemporary Records · M3588 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1962	Contemporary Records · LAC 12291 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1962	Contemporary Records · SCA 5026 — Vinyl, LP
1964	London Records · SLH 13 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
1966	Contemporary Records · M3588 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1966	Contemporary Records · S3588 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1979	Contemporary Records — STEREO
1981	Contemporary Records · K20P-6608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1981	Contemporary Records · K20P-6608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo