Jack TEAGARDEN & His All Stars " Jack Armstrong Blues " !!!
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- RARE OLDIES SOUNDIES WITH MR JACK TEAGARDEN & HIS ALL STARS !!! Jack Teagarden was a trombone player, singer, and band leader whose career spanned from the 1920s territory and New York jazz scenes to shortly before his death in 1964. Teagarden was not a successful band leader, which may explain why he is not as widely known as some other jazz trombonists, but his unusual singing style influenced several other important jazz singers, and he is widely regarded as the one of the greatest, and possibly the greatest, trombonist in the history of jazz. Teagarden was born in 1905 in Vernon, Texas. Born Weldon Lee Teagarden or Weldon John Teagarden (more sources say Weldon Lee, but John makes more sense considering his nickname), Jacks earliest performances were working with his mother Helen, who played ragtime piano, in theaters. His siblings also became professional musicians: his younger sister Norma played piano, his younger brother Charlie, trumpet, and his brother Clois (Cub), drums. Jack Teagarden began playing piano at age five, took up baritone at age seven or eight, and had settled on trombone by age ten. Some sources claim his unusual style of trombone playing stemmed from the fact that he began playing before he was big enough to play in the farther positions. He moved to Chappell, Nebraska, with his family in 1918, but by 1921 was back in Texas playing with Peck Kelleys Bad Boys. Through the early and mid 1920s, he played with several other territory bands, including Doc Rosss Jazz Bandits, and the Orginal Southern Trumpeters. My sources disagree concerning which band brought Teagarden to New York, and with whom he made his earliest recording, but there is agreement that he arrived in New York in 1927 and was playing with Ben Pollacks orchestra by 1928. Although Teagarden enjoyed a long career, it was at this point that he had the greatest effect on the history of jazz. The reaction to his unique style of trombone-playing appears to have been both immediate and widespread. Historians and critics widely agree: No one disputes Jack Teagardens place in the trombone pantheon. Teagarden is considered by many critics to be the finest of all jazz trombonists.... Teagarden single-handedly created a whole new way of playing the trombone a parallel to Earl Hines and the piano comes to mind and did so as early as the mid-twenties and evidently largely out of his own youthful creative resources. His unusual approach to trombone playing had both a technical and a stylistic component. His technical approach in particular was quite unorthodox. A short digression into the mechanics of trombone playing will explain why. The trombone slide has seven positions where traditionally notated (chromatic scale) pitches can be played. Each position causes the instrument to be a slightly different length, and the instrument can play a (different) harmonic series at each length.
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Thats my uncle Marvin Ashbaugh on the ivories! Thanks so much for posting this! He passed in 1974.
He sounded great.
The fantastic Mr T, can't stay away from his music for long
Clips like this make me think that youtube is/has been the most important cultural goldmine of the last decade. Where else would you find beautiful gems from the past like this?
Yes, john crawford piano...Thank you youtube!!!
Bravissimo, concordo totalmente. E' un pezzo di "storia del Jazz" che, per fortuna, possiamo anche vedere...oltre che ascoltare. Un'emozione rara. Grazie. Un saluto dall'Italia.
I heard Glenn Miller say that he heard & saw Jack Teagarden play his trombone into a water glass & questioned his own trombone playing skills-this is the first time I've seen it! Thanks for posting!
Glenn knew, after playing with Jack, that he was not going to be the best trombone player in the world. He worked to find a unique “sound” for his band as a whole ensemble. That was a band that was heavier on the sax and clarinet section. Glenn played with the trombone section but I can’t think of when he took a solo. Great arrangements of danceable tunes - Glenn Miller did just fine though!
These guys are cooking on gas ! Love Charlie T's trumpet work, he blows me away. I've just watched this 10 times in a row (and I doubt that I'm at the end of this viewing session). A "Billy Eckstine greatest hits mix" brought me here, and I'm mighty glad it did ! 🙂
This is so hip! Jack Teagarden playing the slide section of his trombone into a drinking glass rather than the bell section of his horn! And it sounds hip!
After a piano solo, a tenor saxophone solo, and a trumpet solo, Jack takes another solo with the bell section of his horn attached to the slide this time. It is a brilliant study of advanced trombone facility and improvisational creativity that reveals Jack's indisputable influence on later jazz trombone advancements pioneered by trombonists such as Urbie Green and Frank Rosolino.
Jack Teagarden. Monumentally inspiring and influential.
Two of the most underrated swing musicians here, Marvin Ash on piano, and Charlie Teagarden on trumpet (Big T's brother).
Along with ray baduc on drums this is one of the most understated and underrated lineups of all time.
At the end when they all just open up, it is sublime!
That "playing into a drink glass" technique is incredible. Big T at his finest!!! What a great recording of some of the best jazz/blues musicians anywhere.
I used a leather cup for dice throwing and it works well.
I actually had never seen that before. The way he struts off after- he knows he's the man.
Oh..Man!! I sure wish I had seen Jack..Mr "T""..What a doll..Love this clip...Love Ray Bauduc. My uncles used to argue over whether Ray or Gene was ""The Best"".. Both, as it would have it..were drummers!! Then they would throw in Belson!!! Saw him live, in Sydney with one uncle years ago!! What a night!! Play it, Jack..Play it..please...
Graet Post. Ray Baduc on drums of "Big Noise from Winetka" fame. Jack lets everybody shine in this one.
Yea Big noise smokes! I play traps and always loved that song! Played Jersey shore back in the day!
Actually still have this on "V"disc...
"...he is widely regarded as the one of the greatest, and possibly the greatest, trombonist in the history of jazz."
My opinion: Jack Teagarden IS the greatest jazz trombonist before the Bebop revolution of the 1940s. J. J. Johnson, to me, is the greatest jazz trombonist afterwards. However, J. J., his innovations, and the influence his innovations would engendered from others, could not have been possible without the foundation of advanced jazz trombone facility and creativity originally pioneered by the great Jack Teagarden.
He definitely set the standard letting everyone know what the trombone can sound like 👍
Great musician and if you look long and hard at this man he will teach you everything you need to know about blowing a trombone.
There was absolutely no one to compare to Big T...!!!
What a beautiful, cool dude!! Thank you, Justa..etc..for uploading this magic video..The incomparable...Jack Teagarden!! Oh my...
I met JT at the Metropole Cafe in NYC back in late 1963. Great team of musicians!
"'Jack-Armstrong' Blues" comes from an All Star V-Disc Jam session featuring Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong. The recording was released in March, 1945 as V-Disc 384A. The composers were Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong. Jack Teagarden also provided vocals on the V-Disc recording. Jack Teagarden also recorded the Glenn Miller composition "I Swung the Election" on V-Disc 823B from 1948. Glenn Miller alumni Bobby Hackett and Ernie Caceres were on the V-Disc jam session.
The AMAZING Ray Baudic on Drums
Absolutely Mind Blowing! Thank you!
my old man gave me a copy of Jack blowin' St. James into a bar glass 60 years ago..I ain't been the same since.
I believe T invented that!
agreed!
How in the world could someone put a thumbs down to this??? Maybe someone with no ears I would imagine!
Off the charts!
Beautiful..absolutely beautiful...
The GREAT Jack Teagarden
Oh you gorgeous, talented man....
that's ray bauduc on drums!!
I like Barret Deems when he was on traps!
Incredible!
@JoeDunlap1 Whaouh , Mr Marvin Ash was a great pianist who played with all the best musicians during the 40's & 50's !!! Many thanks for your comment & best regards , NICKY .
A lion on the instrument. I'll take a whack at St. James Infirmary in November, including the drinking glass. I certainly have my work cut out for me just emulating his style. No sense trying to imitate it. I read a story about a session with the great Tommy Dorsey and others. Dorsey was asked if he would take a chorus and he essentially said, "Jackson is here. No thank you."
Luv this song
Genial, muchas gracias por publicarlo.
Wow, this is amazing!
I was playing jazz trombone in my youth, and not bad. But I had no idea that it's possible to play half a trombone with a glass instead of the bell.
Notice he doesn't do the whole slide it is all armature he had to develop cause he started playing T-Bone at the age of 7 and his arm couldn't reach the full slide length and thus his unique style like none other was born!
Great Bio, I read it after I posed about the way he played not using the whole slide! He knew my family and actually was trying to show me how to play trombone as a kid and I was only 12 and felt dizzy and said no thanks I want to play drums (stupid I know) So I ended up with Barret Deems Premier white pearl drums. I gave them a lot of action! Barret was such a funny guy could make anyone laugh. There is a solo he does at 82 years old on YT here! Amazing guy!
@@davidbento9459 Yes he reached to the 4th. position which at the end of the bell.-
Jack Teagarden is the Father of the Jazz Trombone. "Jack Armstrong Blues" was composed by Jack Teagarden with Louis Armstrong and was released a a V-Disc during World War II.
Loved this one!
Wow! I remember the story of him playing into a glass, and I just wrote on another RUclips clip that I wish we had a video of it. Thank you.
Thanks for the bio on Mr. Teagarden.
I saw on the first watch that he had removed the bell from his trombone but it wasn't until the 5th or 6th watch that I noticed he was using one of the beer glasses in its place. Pretty awesome.
Imagine what the jam sessions must of been like
Big T is a monster player, is that Charlie T on trumpet? Piano man had a great run there going on!
@JUSTASITTINANDAROCK
To many out there it's interresting to mention all the bandmembers!
Through my listening I've come across a lot of INCOMPLETE vids
Top....
SUPERJACK!!!
That trumpet soloist sounds like harry James 😍
It's Jack's brother Charlie on trumpet. He was quite a player and could hold his own with anyone in the biz, beginning when he subbed for Bix Beiderbecke in 1930.
Not at all; he sound like Charlie Teagarden!
nicky, you are amazing
That's really great! Pardon my ignorance, but besides Jack Teagarden and Marvin Ashbaugh, who are the other musicians here?
I think what they mean is that Big T is very recognized for his creativity with his instrument (as many musicians coming out of or from below "The Bible Belt" were), often placing attachments to his horn to achieve a particular sound; while also playing the new sound of jazz at a time when Louis Armstrong (Jack's idol) was introducing this sound to the public which was very unconventional at that time, in the spreading of "swinging" music being brought out of conventional Dixieland/early jazz.
Jack and Pops were like brothers, When Jack passed, Louis was so broken up his doctor made him stay in bed and didn't make it to Jack's funeral!
I'll bet Jack had stories.
It blows my mind how people dont appreciate real art anymore. Look at the views, what have we become?
Oh you doll....
love to hear the tenor sax without amplaforcation
What a fine group, do we know names? Sax player is really good!
I'd guess about 1950.
What, a trombone without the trom, just the bone??
Haha, if you look closely you can see he's actually using a beer glass instead!
Maybe a bit earlier.
Can you tell me what year this was??
I believe 1951.
There is something wrong with the audio
Whos on the piano?
The man on the drums looks like he could be a mafia boss
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Yeah, Jack Teagarden isn't one of your BIG names when you think of bandleaders, but his, Paul Whiteman's, and Fletcher Henderson's were bands EVERYBODY wanted to work for in the 20s.
Best pay and secure work back then. Now you're better off if you play Rap!