Word: teagarden
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...industry, usually led by someone who has achieved fame playing trumpet, trombone, or sax with some big band. Most of these outfits have folded or are in the process of doing so. Even bands with large names and backing before they began, such as Harry James and Jack Teagarden, are finding things pretty rocky...
...trombonists around that manages to sound anything at all like the famous Jack Teagarden, his solo on "I Surrender Dear" (Columbia) being a good example...
...those of you that are interested, Jack Teagarden's band comes into Southland next Monday for two weeks, then Teddy Powell's band, and on February 19, the Kansas City cyclone, Count Basie returns for a couple...
...Teagarden's band has been completely reorganized in the last few weeks, so we don't have too much information on it. Main reason for the reorganization was that the payroll was the heaviest to date for a new band and was just too much to carry. "Big Gate" had to let Charlie Spivak (trumpet) go, also Ernie Cascares (alto sax), and Red Bone (trombone...
...even such black marks as Mr. Larry Clinton's persistent swipings from Tschaikowsky can cover up some of the fine playing done this year both on records and in person by a great many bands. Among the crop of new outfits, trombonists Jack Teagarden and Jack Jenny and pianist Teddy Wilson have units worth watching . . . The public's taste in jazz has kept on improving; consequently, Mr. Shaw is finding things just a bit more difficult. His tripe isn't quite as easy to pan-handle this year . . . Benny Goodman has broken the biggest unwritten law in jazz by having...