1928/1931 Volume 1

Jack Teagarden | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 1996)
• Original Release Date: May 13, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epm Musique
• ASIN: B000001N2A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,057,467 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. She's a Great, Great Girl

2. Diga Diga Doo

3. Futuristic Rhythm

4. Bugle Call Rag

5. Whoopee Stomp

6. Sweetest Melody

7. Bag O'Blues

8. My Kinda Love

9. Dirty Dog

10. (Back Home Again In) Indiana

11. Dinah

12. It's So Good

13. Basin Street Blues

14. LLookin' Good, But Feeling Bad

15. When You're Smiling

16. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

17. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

18. The Sheik of Araby

19. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble

20. Loveless Love

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Big T is great!, June 21, 2001

By 

Mike S. (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1928/1931 Volume 1 (Audio CD)

This CD is a rare find because it focuses on Jack Teagarden's eary work as a sideman with small bands such as that of Red Nichols and Ben Pollack, while most collections concentrate on his later work. As for the music, it is some of the best early jazz I have ever heard. I cannot emphasize enough what an amazing, talented trombonist Jack Teagarden is. I, myself, play a little jazz trombone, and I think that Teagarden was the most gifted trombone player who ever lived. His solos are the highlight of the CD. They are incredibly bluesy, but have a modern, progressive quality to them. Teagarden's solos on "She's a Great Girl" and "Futuristic Rhythm" are absolutely inspired. The bands can get really, really, bluesy, but can also swing hard when they want to. This CD is also worth buying because we also get a chance to hear some great jazzmen eary in their careers, such as Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Pee Wee Russell, and Fats Waller. The sound quality is not excellent, and some of the vocals are not understandable, but it is of relatively good quality for a 70 year old recording, and it is by all means listenable. This is an excellent CD to have if you like early jazz, are interested in early Teagarden, or just want to hear a truly breathtaking trombone player.