Teddy Kotick

Theodore John Kotick (June 4, 1928 – April 17, 1986) was an American jazz double bassist. Kotick never recorded as a leader, but he appeared as a sideman with many leading jazz musicians, including Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Horace Silver, Phil Woods, and Bill Evans. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and died of a brain tumor in 1986, aged 57.

Discography

With Teddy Charles

• Teddy Charles Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (Prestige, 1954)
• The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic, 1956)
• Russia Goes Jazz (United Artists, 1964)

With Bill Evans

• New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside, 1957)
• The Secret Sessions (Recorded at the Village Vanguard 1966-1975) (Milestone, 1996) – 1966 gig only

With Tony Fruscella

• Debut (Spotlite, 1981)
• Fru'n Brew (Spotlite, 1981)
• The 1954 Unissued Atlantic Session (Fresh Sound, 2011)

With Charlie Parker

• Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter (Verve, 1957)
• Fiesta (Verve, 1957)
• Now's the Time (Verve, 1957)
• Swedish Schnapps (Verve, 1958)
• The Happy Bird (Charlie Parker, 1961)
• Bird with Strings (Columbia, 1977)

With Jimmy Raney

• Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
• The Fourmost Guitars (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
• A (Prestige, 1958)

With Horace Silver

• The Stylings of Silver (Blue Note, 1957)
• Further Explorations (Blue Note, 1958)

With George Wallington

• Jazz for the Carriage Trade (Prestige, 1956)
• Knight Music (Atlantic, 1956)
• The New York Scene (New Jazz, 1957)
• The Prestidigitator (EastWest, 1958)

With Phil Woods

• Encores (Prestige, 1955)
• Woodlore (Prestige, 1956)
• The Young Bloods (Prestige, 1956)
• Phil and Quill with Prestige (Prestige, 1957)
• Bird Feathers (Prestige, 1957)
• Sugan (Status, 1965)

With others

• Buddy Arnold, Wailing (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
• Bob Brookmeyer, The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (Prestige, 1955)
• Kenny Burrell, Earthy (Prestige, 1957)
• Donald Byrd, House of Byrd (Prestige, 1976)
• John Carisi, The New Jazz Sound of Show Boat (Columbia, 1960)
• Al Cohn, Al and Zoot (Coral, 1957)
• Al Cohn, The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (Coral, 1957)
• Eddie Costa, Eddie Costa Quintet (Mode, 1957)
• Bill DeArango, De Arango (EmArcy, 1954)
• Allen Eager, Renaissance (Uptown, 1981)
• Jon Eardley, The Jon Eardley Seven (Prestige, 1956)
• Stan Getz, Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet (Norgran, 1954)
• Stan Getz, The Complete Roost Recordings (Blue Note, 1997)
• Urbie Green, The Message (RCA 1986)
• Al Haig, Al Haig Quartet (Period, 1954)
• Roy Haynes, A Life in Time (Dreyfus, 2007)
• Billie Holiday, Gallant Lady (Family, 1973)
• Duke Jordan & Hall Overton, Jazz Laboratory Series (Arista, 1981)
• Jimmy Knepper, A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper (Bethlehem, 1957)
• Art Mardigan The Jazz School (Wing 1955) – four tracks, album shared with Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Joe Gordon
• Teo Macero, What's New? (Columbia, 1956)
• Helen Merrill, The Artistry of Helen Merrill (Mainstream, 1965)
• J. R. Monterose, Welcome Back J.R.! (Progressive, 1979)
• J. R. Monterose, Live in Albany (Uptown, 1980)
• Herbie Nichols, Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note, 1956)
• Herbie Nichols, The Complete Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note, 1997)
• Hod O'Brien, Bits and Pieces (Uptown, 1981)
• Hall Overton, Jazz Laboratory Series Vol. 2 (Signal, 1955)
• George Russell, The Jazz Workshop (RCA Victor, 1957)
• Bobby Scott, Bobby Scott Sings the Best of Lerner and Loewe (LPTime, 2010)
• Tony Scott, Both Sides of Tony Scott (RCA Victor, 1956)
• Martial Solal, At Newport '63 (RCA Victor, 1963)
• Rene Thomas, Guitar Groove (Jazzland, 1960)
• Nick Travis, The Panic Is On (RCA Victor, 1954)

External links

• AllMusic

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