# Sunset Eyes

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Sunset Eyes
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards)
| cover      = Sunset_Eyes.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1960
| recorded   = March 21 & 23 and August 16, 1960
| venue      =
| studio     = Rex Productions Studio, Hollywood, CA
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 46:40
| label      = [Pacific Jazz](/source/Pacific_Jazz_Records)<br><small>PJ 14</small>
| producer   = Richard Bock
| chronology = [Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards)
| prev_title = [It's About Time](/source/It's_About_Time_(Teddy_Edwards_album))
| prev_year  = 1959
| next_title = [Teddy's Ready!](/source/Teddy's_Ready!)
| next_year  = 1960
}}

'''''Sunset Eyes''''' is an album by saxophonist [Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards) recorded in 1960 and released on the [Pacific Jazz](/source/Pacific_Jazz_Records) label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-10000-20000-series/#pj-14 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series] accessed January 12, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/teddy-edwards/catalog/#pacific-jazz-pj-14 Teddy Edwards catalog] accessed January 12, 2016</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>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
|rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3|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=419}}</ref>
}}
[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) reviewer [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) stated: "Since the great Teddy Edwards never recorded an uninspiring record, this date is easily recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000599920 |title=''Sunset Eyes'' – Review |accessdate=January 12, 2016}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
''All compositions by Teddy Edwards except as indicated''
# "Tempo de Blues" - 4:46
# "Vintage '57" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 7:12
# "[I Hear a Rhapsody](/source/I_Hear_a_Rhapsody)" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 3:32
# "Up in Teddy's New Flat" - 3:06
# "Sunset Eyes" - 5:26
# "Teddy's Tune" - 6:11
# "Takin' Off" - 6:32
# "The New Symphony Sid" ([King Pleasure](/source/King_Pleasure)) - 2:16 <small>Bonus track on CD reissue</small>
# "My Kinda Blues" - 5:11 <small>Bonus track on CD reissue</small>
# "Takin' Off" [First Version] - 2:28 <small>Bonus track on CD reissue</small>
Recorded in Los Angeles on August 16, 1959 (track 1), March 21, 1960 (tracks 3 & 8–10) and August 16, 1960 (tracks 2 & 4–7).

== Personnel ==
*[Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards) - [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone)
*[Ronnie Ball](/source/Ronnie_Ball) (track 1), [Joe Castro](/source/Joe_Castro_(pianist)) (tracks 2 & 4–7), Amos Trice (tracks 3 & 8–10) - [piano](/source/piano)
*[Leroy Vinnegar](/source/Leroy_Vinnegar) (tracks 2–10), [Ben Tucker](/source/Ben_Tucker) (track 1) - [bass](/source/Double_bass)
*[Billy Higgins](/source/Billy_Higgins) (tracks 2–10), [Al Levitt](/source/Al_Levitt) (track 1) - [drums](/source/Drum_Kit)

== References ==
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Category:Teddy Edwards albums
Category:1960 albums
Category:Pacific Jazz Records albums

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