{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Teddy's Ready! | type = Studio | artist = Teddy Edwards Quartet | cover = Teddy's Ready!.jpg | alt = | released = 1960 | recorded = August 17, 1960 | venue = | studio = Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA | genre = Jazz | length = 40:15 | label = Contemporary<br><small>M 3583/S7583</small> | producer = Lester Koenig | chronology = Teddy Edwards | prev_title = Sunset Eyes | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = Back to Avalon | next_year = 1960 }}
'''''Teddy's Ready!''''' is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Contemporary label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3500-7500-series/#m-3583 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>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' | rev2score = {{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 |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=418}}</ref> | rev3 = ''DownBeat'' | rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=":0" /> }} AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars stating "Edwards has a chance to stretch out and he makes the most of the opportunity, creating some excellent straight-ahead music."<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000617292 |title=''Teddy's Ready!'' – Review |accessdate=February 17, 2015}}</ref>
Leonard Feather gave the album a 4 star rating in DownBeat.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Feather |first=Leonard |date=February 2, 1961 |title=Teddy's Ready |journal=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=30-32}}</ref> Feather wrote, "Edwards has a pliant, full-toned manner that recalls some of the best moments of Jacquet, though clearly he has listened to the more recent influences . . . Men like Edwards and Castro are needed as a reminder that hot, happy squalls, as well as cool breezes, blow around the Hollywood hills".<ref name=":0" />
== Track listing == ''All compositions by Teddy Edwards except as indicated'' # "Blues in G"{{snd}}6:48 # "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker){{snd}}5:46 # "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart){{snd}}3:56 # "You Name It"{{snd}}4:17 # "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn){{snd}}7:20 # "The Sermon" (Hampton Hawes){{snd}}7:05 # "Higgins' Hideaway"{{snd}}5:03 == Personnel == *Teddy Edwards{{snd}}tenor saxophone *Joe Castro{{snd}}piano *Leroy Vinnegar{{snd}}bass *Billy Higgins{{snd}}drums
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Category:Teddy Edwards albums Category:1960 albums Category:Contemporary Records albums