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Teddy Charles, Yuhan Su, and Katie Bull

by Jerome Wilson
January 21, 2026

The first Outer View of 2026 eases into the new year with music from Teddy Charles, Yuhan Su, Katie Bull, Albert Mangelsdorff and others. (I apologize for the verbal glitches in this one.)Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Glenn Wilson “Blueprint" from Bittersweet (Mosaic) 1:02 Trish Clowes “In Between the Moss & the Ivy" from My Iris (Basho) 7:13 ...

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Encore: Teddy Charles

by AAJ Staff
April 5, 2003

Over a post blizzard mid-February brunch just off Central Park West, one of jazz' neglected masters, Teddy Charles (who turns 75 this month) recalled one of his first recordings - clarinetist Buddy DeFranco's 1949 sextet featuring drummer Max Roach and guitarist Jimmy Raney. Six months prior was the vibraphonist's recording debut which was with Chubby Jackson's big band. 40 years later, and after a semi-comeback in the early '80s, the mallet man recorded his final session to date, Live at ...

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Album Review

Teddy Charles: New Directions

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2000

Perhaps the most rarefied release in Prestige’s new string of limited edition reissues, this disc gathers three incredibly scarce ten-inch recordings by vibraphonist Teddy Charles. Each of the sessions collected provides a stimulating glimpse into realms of experimentation often overlooked by jazz fans and historians alike. Charles was one of the most active members of a small fraternity of jazz musicians whose innovations during the early 1950s presaged the “Third Stream” and modal experiments that transpired later in the decade ...