Teagarden's trombone style was largely self-taught, and he developed many unusual alternative positions and novel special effects on the instrument. He is usually considered the most innovative white jazz trombone stylist of the pre-Bebop era, and did much to expand the role of the instrument beyond the old tailgate style role of the early New Orleans brass bands. Chief among his contributions to the language of jazz trombonists was his ability to interject the blues or merely a "blue feeling" into virtually any piece of music.
Track List:
All tracks by JACK TEAGARDEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Chicago, October 1941:
TRUMPETS: Jimmy Simms, Pokey Carriere, Truman Quigley
TROMBONES: Jack Teagarden, Jose Guiterrez, Joe Ferran, Fred Keller SAXES: Danny Polo, Tony Antonelli, Clint Garvin, Art Moore, Art Beck PIANO: Ernie Hughes
BASS: Myron Shapler
DRUMS: Paul Collins
VOCALS: David Allyn, Kitty Kallen, Jack Teagarden
Standard Transcription P477:
1. FORT KNOX JUMP (2:58)
(Sid Feller; (D1944)
2. SING A LOVE SONG (2:46)
(Unknown)
Vocal by David Allyn.
3. HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN JACKSON? (2:42)
(Unknown)
Vocal by Kitty Kallen.
4. MR. JESSIE BLUES (2:51)
(Phil Moore, (D1944)
Vocal by Jack Teagarden.
5. IMPRESSIONS OF MEADE LUX LEWIS (2:32)
(Phil Moore, (D1944)
6. PRELUDE IN G MINOR
(3:02)
(Serge Rachmaninoff)
7. SWING WITHOUT WORDS (2:51)
(Unknown)
Vocal by Kitty Kallen.
8. BASHFUL BABY BLUES (2:45) (Unknown)
9. SOFT AS SPRING (2:48)
(Alec Wilder, 1941) Vocal by David Allyn.
10. BARCAROLLE (2:03)
(Jacques Offenbach)
Chicago, January 1942:
TRUMPETS: Roy Peters, Jimmy McPartland, Chuck Tonti
TROMBONES: Same as above
SAXES: Abe Aaron, Jim Battenburg, Clint Garvin (clarinet soloist), two others, possibly Tony Antonelli or Art Beck RHYTHM: Same as above
VOCALS: Same as above
Standard Transcription P488:
11. GET OFF ON A FUGUE
(2:53)
(Homer Wills, (D1944)
12. HEAVEN IS MINE
AGAIN (2:46)
(Unknown)
Vocal by Kitty Kallen.
13. NO NEED TO BE
SORRY (2:07)
(Unknown)
Vocal by David Allyn.
14. THIS IS NO LAUGHING
MATTER (2:45)
(Van Loman, Martin Block, Buddy Kaye & Al Fritsch, 1941)
Vocal by David Allyn.
15. FUNICULI, FUNICULA
(2:33)
(Luigi Denza, 1880)
16. SHERMAN SHOUT (2:23)
(Phil Moore, (D1944)
17. BARRACKS BLUES (2:31)
(Sid Feller & Winston Johnson, 1942)
18. DIG THE GROOVE (2:33)
(Ed Coliaco, C1944)
19. SALT ON A DEVIL'S
TAIL (2:36) (Phil Moore, (D1944)
20. YOU KNOW (JUST AS
WELL AS I DO) (2:19)
(Unknown)
Vocal by Jack Teagarden.
Trianon Ballroom, South Gate, California, 22 August 1944:
TRUMPETS: Clair Jones, Val Salata, Tex Williamson, Bob McLaughlin (Salata, Williamson and McLaughlin divide the trumpet solos)
TROMBONES: Jack Teagarden, Wally Wells, Ray Olsen, Fred Keller
SAXES: Dale Stoddard, Gish Gilbertson (tenor sax soloist), Vic Rosi (clarinet soloist), Ken Harpster, Clark Crandell PIANO: Don Seidel
J-CD-637
BASS: Don Tosti (possibly Jimmy Lynch) DRUMS: Frank Horrington
VOCALS: Jack Teagarden
Standard Transcription Z492:
21. TIME OUT (2:05)
(Eddie Durham, 1937)
22. PIED PIPER (2:53)
(Jack Teagarden, 1944)
23. OCTOROON (3:35)
(Harry Warren, 1939)
Vocal by Jack Teagarden.
24. ROMPIN' AND
STOMPIN' (2:18) (Unknown)
25. GLASS BLUES (THEME
SONG) (1:59)
(Jack Teagarden)
TOTAL TIME: 67:01
Download Links: Part 1, Part 2.
Other Jack Teagarden recordings:
- Big 't'
- Chicago & All That Jazz!
- Greatest Hits
- Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
- Muskrat Ramble
- The Classic Years Vol 2 Disc 2
- Mis'ry and the Blues
- Jack Teagarden's Big Eight/Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers
- Memories of You
- Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra Live at Southland Restaurant 1940 and Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook 1939
- Jack Teagarden & His Orchestra 1934-1939
- Jack Teagarden. Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra 1944
- Jack Teagarden 1941-1944
- V-Disc Recordings
- Swingin' On A Teagarden Gate - From The Archives (Digitally Remastered)
- Father Of Jazz Trombone
- A Hundred Years from Today
- Original Dixieland
