Jack Teagarden

Featuring Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman, Gene Krupa, Eddie Condon, Joe Sullivan, Jimmy McPartland &Bob Haggart.

Jack Teagarden, trombone on all tracks, vocals on 1, 3, 5, 9, 18 & 21, plus:

All tracks recorded in New York.
[1-9] October 30-31, 1961.
[10-21] January 29-February 5, 1961.

This release presents the Long unavailable album Chicago and All That Jazz, which reunited Jack Teagarden with a myriad of swing stars, plus another rarely heard album by Big T, The Dixie Sound. The latter features the trombonist in a sextet format with pianist Don Ewell. Both albums received four.star reviews in Down Beat magazine

[1-9] Chicago And All That Jazz!:
Pee Wee Russell (cl), Bud Freeman (ts), Jimmy McPartland (tp), Eddie Condon (g), Joe Sullivan (p), Bob Haggart (b), Gene Krupa (d).

[10-21] The Dixie Sound Of Jack Teagarden: Don Goldie (tp), Henry Cuesta (cl), Don Ewell (p), Stan Puls (b), Barrett Deems (d).

Tracks: 1. Logan Square, 2. Chicago, 3. After You’ve Gone, 4. China Boy, 5 Take Me To The Land Of Jazz, 6. Sugar, 7. Nobody’s Sweetheart Now, 8. Wolverine Blues, 9. Chicago, 10. Jazz Me Blues, 11. Clarinet Marmalade, 12. Mahogany Hall Stomp, 13. Atlanta Blues, 14. The Pearls, 15. Tap Room Blues, 16. Runnin’ Wild, 17. Milenberg Joys, 18. Somebody Loves Me, 19. When Day Is Done, 20. My Romance, 21. Love Me.

Total Time: 79:12

****DOWN BEAT: Chicago and All That Jazz!
“Teagarden projects tremendous strength, vitality and general joie de vivre both on his horn and in his singing. Freeman comes on with a keen-edged, lusty attack. Sullivan rollicks across the piano like a great, sure-footed bear. And Russell is simply magnificent.” (John S. Wilson, 1962)

****DOWN BEAT: The Dixie Sound “A pretty special jazz set that has the lustrous patina of aged wood.”(John S. Wilson, 1962)