the soul he displays when he's pouring out his heart in that trombone."
#Jack teagarden trombone series
Throughout WWII, he kept his big band together and performed for troops overseas.Ī collaboration with The Louis Armstrong All-Stars in the 50s produced a series of memorable recordings, including an Armstrong and Teagarden duet on "Rockin' Chair." Armstrong often spoke of his appreciation for Teagarden. A decade later, after a five-year stint with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Jack Teagarden was a jazz star enjoying his success as a national celebrity and leading his own big band. The year was 1927 when Jack made his way to New York, soon to be discovered and in demand with major bandleaders. Left to Right: Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong & Barney Bargard. He was a fifteen-year-old kid with slicked-back hair and a broad, handsome face enjoying his first exposure to the big city. In 1936, Jack Teagarden, the jazz trombonist from Vernon, Texas, known for his ability to play a whole lot of trombone in the first 4 positions, came out with his High Tone Studies for Trombone, a short treatise of 51 exercises designed to help get the player up to a high D. Jack Teagarden got his first steady job in 1920 at the Horn Palace, a San Antonio roadhouse not far from The Landing, home of Riverwalk Jazz. I knew right then and there that was when I could hear my heart.I loved them and I liked the stories they told." He said, "I used to sit out on the fence and listen to the spirituals. Many attribute this to his boyhood exposure to black gospel revival meetings held in an open field at the end of his street in Vernon, Texas. Albums include Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950, The Golden Years, and Misry and the Blues. The book is currently available on Apple’s iBooks, and also at. Jack Teagarden discography and songs: Music profile for Jack Teagarden, born 20 August 1905. Growing up in the Southwest Jack acquired an affinity for the blues and blue tonality in his trombone playing and singing that was unusual for a white man in the early days of jazz. In 1936, Jack Teagarden, the jazz trombonist from Vernon, Texas, known for his ability to play a whole lot of trombone in the first 4 positions, came out with his High Tone Studies for Trombone, a short treatise of 51 exercises designed to help get the player up to a high D. In the 1920s and 30s he re-invented the jazz trombone-from pumping New Orleans 'tailgate trombone' to his own sophisticated swing. Jack Teagarden was a self-taught musician and one of the great mavericks of early jazz.
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