# Good Gravy!

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Good Gravy!
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards) Quartet
| cover      = Good Gravy!.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1961
| recorded   = August 23–25, 1961
| venue      =
| studio     = Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 41:21
| label      = [Contemporary](/source/Contemporary_Records)<br><small>M 3592/S7592</small>
| producer   = Lester Koenig
| chronology = [Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards)
| prev_title = [Together Again!!!!](/source/Together_Again!!!!)
| prev_year  = 1961
| next_title = [Heart & Soul](/source/Heart_%26_Soul_(Teddy_Edwards_album))
| next_year  = 1962
}}

'''''Good Gravy!''''' is an album by saxophonist [Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards) which was recorded in 1961 and released on the [Contemporary](/source/Contemporary_Records) label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3500-7500-series/#m-3592 Contemporary Records discography] accessed May 24, 2013</ref><ref>[http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/TeddyEdwards/index.html Teddy Edwards discography] accessed February 28, 2018</ref><ref>[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/teddy-edwards-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Teddy Edwards] accessed February 28, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/teddy-edwards/catalog/#contemporary-m3592 Teddy Edwards catalog], accessed February 26, 2018</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[Down Beat](/source/Down_Beat)''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[Down Beat](/source/Down_Beat): May 10, 1962 vol. 29, no. 10</ref> 
|rev3 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
|rev3score  = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=418}}</ref>
}}
[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) awarded the album 4 stars stating "Edwards is in typically swinging form on this quartet date".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/good-gravy%21-mw0000276402 Allmusic listing] accessed May 24, 2013</ref>

== Track listing ==
All compositions by Teddy Edwards except where noted.
# "Good Gravy" – 5:26  
# "Could You Forget" – 5:40  
# "[Stairway to the Stars](/source/Stairway_to_the_Stars)" ([Matty Malneck](/source/Matty_Malneck), [Frank Signorelli](/source/Frank_Signorelli), [Mitchell Parish](/source/Mitchell_Parish)) – 4:39  
# "A Little Later" (Nathaniel Meeks) – 4:14  
# "[On Green Dolphin Street](/source/On_Green_Dolphin_Street_(song))" ([Bronisław Kaper](/source/Bronis%C5%82aw_Kaper), [Ned Washington](/source/Ned_Washington)) – 5:23  
# "[Just Friends](/source/Just_Friends_(1931_song))" ([John Klenner](/source/John_Klenner), [Sam M. Lewis](/source/Sam_M._Lewis)) – 5:17  
# "[Laura](/source/Laura_(1945_song))" ([Johnny Mercer](/source/Johnny_Mercer), [David Raksin](/source/David_Raksin)) – 3:16  
# "Yes, I'll Be Ready" – 4:03  
# "Not So Strange Blues" – 3:02

== Personnel ==
*[Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards) – [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone)
*Danny Horton (tracks 1–3 & 6–9), [Phineas Newborn, Jr.](/source/Phineas_Newborn%2C_Jr.) (tracks 4 & 5) – [piano](/source/piano)
*[Leroy Vinnegar](/source/Leroy_Vinnegar) – [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Milt Turner](/source/Milt_Turner) – [drums](/source/drum_kit)

== References ==
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Category:1961 albums
Category:Contemporary Records albums

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