Mississippi Lad

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mississippi Lad

| type = Album

| artist = Teddy Edwards featuring Tom Waits

| cover = Mississippi Lad.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1991

| recorded = March 13 & 14, 1991

| venue =

| studio = Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA

| genre = Jazz

| length = 57:25

| label = Verve/Gitanes
511 111-2

| producer = Jean-Philippe Allard

| chronology = Teddy Edwards

| prev_title = Good Gravy

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Blue Saxophone

| next_year = 1992

}}

Mississippi Lad is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards featuring Tom Waits on two tracks which was recorded in 1991 and originally released on the French Verve/Gitanes label in Europe and on Antilles Records in the US.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/teddy-edwards/catalog/#verve-511-111-2 Teddy Edwards catalog] accessed February 27, 2018[http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/TeddyEdwards/index.html Teddy Edwards discography] accessed February 27, 2018[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/teddy-edwards-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Teddy Edwards] accessed February 27, 2018[http://tomwaitsfan.com/Official%20Tom%20Waits/html/tomwaits/music/m_g_ml.htm Tom Waits: Guest Appearances] accessed February 27, 2018 The album was Edwards' first recording in a decade.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000269164|title=Mississippi Lad – Listing|accessdate= February 27, 2018}}

}}

Track listing

All compositions by Teddy Edwards

  1. "Little Man" – 4:39
  2. "Safari Walk" – 7:43
  3. "The Blue Sombrero" – 6:13
  4. "Mississippi Lad" – 6:44
  5. "Three Base Hit" – 7:13
  6. "I'm Not Your Fool Anymore" – 5:02
  7. "Symphony on Central" – 6:36
  8. "Ballad for a Bronze Beauty" – 5:12
  9. "The Call of Love" – 8:22

Personnel

References