''Nothin' But the Truth!'' is an album by saxophonist
Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1966 and released on the
Prestige label.
Enciclopedia del Jazz: Teddy Edwards
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Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "quite brief (just 32 minutes) but it does give one a pretty definitive look into the style of tenor-saxophonist Teddy Edwards".[Yanow, S]
Allmusic listing
accessed May 23, 2013
Track listing
''All compositions by Teddy Edwards except as indicated''
# "Nothin' But the Truth" - 4:07
# "Games That Lovers Play" ( James Last) - 4:08
# " On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner
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, Frederick Loewe
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) - 6:44
# "Brazilian Skies" - 5:07
# " But Beautiful" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
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Life and care ...
) - 7:04
# "Lovin' It, Lovin' It" - 5:15
Personnel
* Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone
* Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
*Phil Orlando - guitar
* Paul Chambers - bass
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* Billy Higgins - drums
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*Montego Joe - congas
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, bongos
References
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Teddy Edwards albums
1967 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums produced by Don Schlitten
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio