Jack Teagarden "Body and Soul"

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
  • Some songs grab you only at the fifth or tenth listen and then captivate you, as this version of "Body and Soul" by Jack Teagarden did for me. Compare this version with others, and then Teagarden's relaxed phrasing on the trombone just seems right, if not perfect.

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  • @glynsmith4590
    @glynsmith4590 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Saw him in Liverpool, when in my teens, along with Ella Fitzgerald, Peanuts Huckow, Cozy Cole, and the Oscar Peterson Trio. What a bill!!!!!!

  • @elis6299
    @elis6299 Před 5 měsíci +4

    One of the greatest musicians of all time!! Along with Louis, of course.

  • @bobboscarato1313
    @bobboscarato1313 Před 8 lety +46

    I met Jack Teagarden back in October of 1963 when he was playing with a sextet at the Metropole Cafe in NYC. He had a substitute trumpet player Frank Assunto of the Dukes of Dixieland fame. Jack came during his break and spoke with us and signed a book about his biography printed in England. Lucile Armstrong was also in the audience.
    Jack's sound was richer and mellower but he never lost his incisive attack and sureness. A real beauty. He was my idol and I always tried to imitate him. Proud to do so.

  • @2sing4u2
    @2sing4u2 Před 12 lety +13

    I had the extreme good fortune to see Mr. Teagarden play live 6 months before his passing. Although he was well past his prime as a musician, it was like watching Michalangelo paint. Something to brag about!

  • @sofiztykat
    @sofiztykat Před 10 lety +22

    One of the undoubted giants of jazz trombone.

  • @roberthoffhines5419
    @roberthoffhines5419 Před 2 lety +3

    the first phrase brought tears. this was my Dad's music

  • @JonBlondell
    @JonBlondell Před 8 lety +24

    This is exquisite. The best $10 word I can come up with. I never met Jack, but I knew both ex wives, who lived in San Antonio when I was coming up. Lovely ladies, but no love lost between them. This has to be the most melodic solo I've ever heard. Sheer beauty. Forgive me, I'm wondering why I've never heard this. Wow.

    • @jazzguy2k
      @jazzguy2k Před 7 lety +2

      I met the sister Nora?
      And tried to tell her about meeting Jack when I was a boy,
      I was a young man then. (it was important to me.)
      She treated me like one would swat a fly.
      I won't talk about her playing.

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 5 lety +4

      jazzguy2k
      Sad your experience with Norma, maybe a bad day.. My family knew the whole family even Jacks Mom.. Never heard bad.. Charlie had a great Trumpet style of his own! Jack remains King of the T-bone! Any young players players need to listen to him!

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před 3 lety

      @@davidbento9459 Agree 100%.-

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před 3 lety

      @@jazzguy2k You meant Norma.

  • @zenchord
    @zenchord Před 10 měsíci +2

    Jack is stellar! what a legend!

  • @geraldnichols2722
    @geraldnichols2722 Před 8 lety +14

    Of thousands of Jack's recordings I have heard, I think he is most relaxed and exquisite on this!

  • @bluzzman2011
    @bluzzman2011 Před 8 lety +8

    This man was my father's favorite. As a blues guitarist I can see how the riffs I learned to love from my inspirations came directly from men like this. Amazing.

  • @marilynstevenson865
    @marilynstevenson865 Před 5 lety +5

    Thank you, Mr Jackson..Indeed...

  • @johndowson7929
    @johndowson7929 Před 4 lety +4

    Jack was "KING" he showed everyone how a trombone could really sound. Playing beautiful notes that musicians and the general public alike had never in their lifes heard from a trombone and never thought was possible. Jack is my hero and even if you play a few licks that jack teagarden used to play the public and other musicians give you the highest respect , he was just wonderful 👏

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před 3 lety

      He was my hero too!

    • @johndowson7929
      @johndowson7929 Před 3 lety

      Without any doubt what so ever he was the 1st to bring this beautiful instrument into the future , I've studied him most of my life , he was dad's hero also and my dad played a good trombone

  • @paulbrady8888
    @paulbrady8888 Před 7 lety +14

    I've searched through the various comments on this clip and am surprised that no one seems to share my opinion that one of my favourite slide trombonists, Frank Rosolino, was greatly influenced by Teagarden. Both musicians displayed a technique that gave the impression they were playing valve trombone, such was the complexity of their style. Wonderful stuff. Thank you filmstocker. And CZcams.

    • @wiet43
      @wiet43 Před 5 lety

      I agree

    • @mgconlan
      @mgconlan Před 4 lety +1

      If you get a chance, watch the 1952 MGM movie "The Strip," which stars Mickey Rooney and features Louis Armstrong's original All-Stars. Jack Teagarden is in the band and he plays a solo on "Shadrach" without moving the slide at all. His lip control was that good!

    • @johndowson7929
      @johndowson7929 Před 4 lety +1

      Hi , I would confidently say that jack was the most influensive trombone player for all great trombonists , he was simply amazing

    • @roberthoffhines5419
      @roberthoffhines5419 Před 2 lety

      Rosolino would be they guy to really know how good Teagarden was. Both can make me tear up like no other.

    • @BmakinFilm
      @BmakinFilm Před 5 měsíci

      Rosolino was one of the true effortless masters - his playing on the Oscar Brown Jr tv show (Jazz Scene USA) is amazing!

  • @rogerphillips2063
    @rogerphillips2063 Před 4 lety +2

    I don't think I had heard of Jack Teagarden until Ken Burns jazz. Love both his trombone and singing voice. Louis and he were great friends and performed together. I read Jack was asked if he was black--that was a high compliment.

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes I read that too; maybe Louis Armstrong mentioned it.

  • @bbcisrubbish
    @bbcisrubbish Před 10 lety +25

    Beautiful phrasing. There are and have been some super trombonists, but I think Jack's style has the edge over the others.

  • @valeriekelly315
    @valeriekelly315 Před 8 lety +6

    Could listen to this through eternity X

  • @marilynstevenson865
    @marilynstevenson865 Před 4 lety +2

    Rich..mesmerising..soulful...Thank you, Big T..

  • @marilynstevenson865
    @marilynstevenson865 Před 5 lety +3

    Beautiful..so very beautiful..

  • @helenthompson5217
    @helenthompson5217 Před 9 lety +19

    to me jack teagarden was the greatest trombone player i have heard and i have heard quite a few
    helen thompson

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 8 lety +5

      No one can copy his style! He got his 1st trombone at the age of 7 and his arms were to short at that age so Jack developed the armature to use the upper portion of the slide to develop his technique, No one ever played like this!

    • @tamazpatarkalashvili2811
      @tamazpatarkalashvili2811 Před 6 lety +3

      Right you are Helen

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před 3 lety

      @@davidbento9459 I had a fellow bone player in old Buenos Aires back in 1960 who could play just like Jack. Incredible but true.

  • @OHigginsPatriota
    @OHigginsPatriota Před 18 dny

    ¡Todos excelentes y maravillosos músicos!...
    👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏

  • @lorenjenkinson4729
    @lorenjenkinson4729 Před rokem +2

    The best Slide Trombone Player Ever.

  • @MrNickbento
    @MrNickbento Před 12 lety +8

    Big T was the best T-bone player of all time! I had the pleasure of meeting him several times as a child and Pops also!

  • @SoulMarriage
    @SoulMarriage Před 12 lety +3

    To SAY THE LEAST!!! Not to mention a brilliant, exceptional melodic soloist, ARTIST, improviser and Human Being... ONE OF THE VERY BEST JAZZ HAS PRODUCED!

  • @wiet43
    @wiet43 Před 5 lety +3

    That's true, greetings Louis Bink from the netherlands

  • @marilynstevenson865
    @marilynstevenson865 Před 5 lety +2

    Perfection....

  • @HuasoBueras
    @HuasoBueras Před 18 dny

    ¡Ahi tiene, 1.000 likes!...
    👍👍👍👌👌👌👏👏👏

  • @rogerphillips2063
    @rogerphillips2063 Před rokem +1

    I had not heard of him until history of jazz. If Louis liked him and they performed together that meant he was really good.

  • @davidbento9459
    @davidbento9459 Před 8 lety +4

    It is perfect!

  • @15emac
    @15emac Před 10 lety +3

    doesn't get better than this-coleman hawkins had a great maybe 'definitive' version of the tune as well as the bg trio with benny & teddy wilson...this is just pure jazz=thanks for posting.....

  • @JonBlondell
    @JonBlondell Před 4 lety +1

    About as good as it gets!

  • @rtubeyou2010
    @rtubeyou2010 Před 8 měsíci

    As Good As It Gets, with the justly renowned "It" extolled in a famous passage in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, impeccable timing, never a wrong note, not too little, not too much, just right on, Bebe!!!

  • @lolloPelz
    @lolloPelz Před 10 lety +4

    That's really good!!!

  • @alanwitton5039
    @alanwitton5039 Před 6 lety +2

    Sublime

  • @hairnsap
    @hairnsap Před 3 lety +1

    He was solid all the way around !

  • @15emac
    @15emac Před 10 lety +6

    btw i was fortunate enough to work at a restaurant where a later incarnation of " louis armstrong & his allstars " played: louis armstrong (t,v) ; tyree glenn (tb) , buster bailey(c) , marty napoleon(p), danny barcelona (d), buddy cattlet (b), jewell brown(v) THEY WERE TERRIFIC & to see and hear louis every night was wonderful. btw guy lombardo & his royal canadians were ALSO there-

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 8 lety

      As a kid I met Louis Armstrong at the Lambertville music circus and Danny Barcelona, What an experience. Pops was all with his huge bigger then life smile and I was interested in Danny being from Hawaii, I have moved to Hawaii in the 80's and 1st went to a music store in Kapahulu on Oahu "Harry's Music store, I met Harold Chang who was the drummer with Arthur Lyman in the day and told him I just blew into town and needed some leads for gigs,, We have been great friends ever since, Harold is now still around, 88 or so and we both rode Harleys until recently! Another living legend and one of the nicest humble guys I have met!

  • @jorgealbertopitari6351
    @jorgealbertopitari6351 Před 5 lety +1

    Maravillosos...!!!

  • @bobboscarato1313
    @bobboscarato1313 Před 8 lety +5

    Teagarden was in part from Cherokee and in part from German ancestry. He never denied it. He was rather proud of his heritage and why not? He and his family were pure genius.

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 8 lety +7

      Yes I met Jack when I was about 12 he was bigger then life, and I was at the time more excited that he was American Indian to me as I had such an interest in Indians, Then I got serious in playing Dixieland, Jack was a friend of my Mom and Aunt. He showed me some licks on the trombone and I felt dizzy and said sorry I am into the drums (stupid right) Jack said I needed a real set of drums, he gave Barrett Deems some money bought his White pearl Premier traps and gave them to me I used them all through the Jersey shore through the 70's and went on the road ended up in Fla and moved to Hawaii and still here today! I get emotional hearing these great songs and clips on the net. Thank God for the net as these legends live on forever!

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před 4 lety +1

      @@davidbento9459 That's a great story David! Sorry it took me so long to catch up but as they say "Its' better late than never". !!!

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 4 lety

      @@bobboscarato1313 Ha ha I been everyday for 3 years waiting for a reply haha NAW,, I just saw the notice! Thanks Bob! Ya know Louis Armstrongs drummer Danny Baracelona was from Hawaii young Filipino kid when he started playing with Pops.... trivia!

    • @bobboscarato1313
      @bobboscarato1313 Před 4 lety +1

      @@davidbento9459 Yes Danny was a great drummer!

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 4 lety +2

      @@bobboscarato1313 I have a mutual friend here in Hawaii that knew Danny! Harold Chang was the percussions with Arthur Lyman show and recordings remember all the jungle sounds and exotic bird calls, island tropic music that was real big back in the day! Harold is still alive here in has 80s and riding a Harley One of the nicest most respectful people I've ever met! My 1st friend here when I moved to Hawaii!

  • @plafkinfarms
    @plafkinfarms Před 13 lety +5

    This is a good time to compare Jack Teagarden to the playing of Tommy Dorsey; it is as if Jack Teagarden could speak through his trombone and communicate his feelings and emotions; when he sang, especially with Louis Armstrong, it was as if they were one. Jack Teagarden was his music, and his music reflected everything that Jack Teagarden wanted to be.
    Roger Plafkin-Plafkin Farms, Ada, Michigan

    • @richmateyko9803
      @richmateyko9803 Před 5 lety

      Frank Sinatra based his singing style on the way Tommy Dorsey played his trombone.

    • @Scrayfish0
      @Scrayfish0 Před 5 lety

      This is the most spot-on comment on the page; musicians are so strangely reluctant to mention feelings/emotions, the ultimate achievement and here a farmer comes along and nails it.

    • @mgconlan
      @mgconlan Před 4 lety +2

      Tommy Dorsey was in such awe of Jack Teagarden as a jazz player that he wouldn't take a jazz solo at all if Teagarden were also on the date. Both played beautifully and with feeling, Dorsey on his sentimental ballads and Teagarden on jazz songs at all tempi. The world is a better place because both of them lived and left behind so many great records.

  • @lesterwyoung
    @lesterwyoung Před 13 lety +3

    Perfect indeed! And completely Jack's own interpretation, uninfluenced by Coleman Hawkins or anyone else.

  • @antoniocarlosnovelli3016
    @antoniocarlosnovelli3016 Před 12 lety +3

    Jack Teagarden. foi o maior trombonista que o jazz já conheceu!! Curiosidade: Ele era descendente de índios americanos!

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 8 lety +1

      Eu gosto de pensar que sim, mas não tenho certeza!
      Sua família não parece American Indian em tudo ser Jack certeza fez!

  • @accage2131
    @accage2131 Před rokem

    nice

  • @Habitableworld
    @Habitableworld Před 7 lety +1

    Jon Blondell--Same here--I play t-bone, never heard this. Maybe bec no video footage?

  • @evlgenius09
    @evlgenius09 Před 12 lety +3

    intro'd by Satchmo..?

  • @ducciocastelli7560
    @ducciocastelli7560 Před 8 lety +3

    :-)

  • @Django44
    @Django44 Před 11 lety +2

    Does anyone know the date of this recording and the line-up of the sidemen?
    What a treasure!

    • @jimandangiegeorge2392
      @jimandangiegeorge2392 Před 5 lety

      Urbino237 I think it was about 1951. Earl Fatha Hines on Piano, Edmund Hall on clarinet, maybe Cozy Cole on drums. I heard this group live!

    • @Scrayfish0
      @Scrayfish0 Před 5 lety

      @@jimandangiegeorge2392 If the poster (Jazz on a Summer's Day) is any indication, it would have been in the late 50s. That's some crazy piano solo.

  • @15emac
    @15emac Před 10 lety

    great stuff-if i had 2 guess (& it is a guess) i'd go with the line-up 'louis armstrong & his all stars" from the famous 1947 'satchmo at symphony hall' concert=louis armstrong(t),jack teagarden(tb) barney bigard(c) dick carey(p) sid cattlett(d) arvell shaw (b)

    • @umbrellashotgunman
      @umbrellashotgunman Před 10 lety +1

      Actually, judging from the piano solo, I'd say this is the 1951 All-Stars outfit with Earl Hines on piano and Cozy Cole on drums (and also because I've read that a 1951 concert at Pasadena was apparently one of the few times "Body and Soul" was given to Teagarden instead of Bigard).

    • @mrjimmienoone2130
      @mrjimmienoone2130 Před 8 lety

      +umbrellashotgunman This is clearly Hines on piano. No doubt about it.

    • @umbrellashotgunman
      @umbrellashotgunman Před 8 lety +1

      *****
      Hines was one of the great originals; nobody sounded like him, because almost no one had the chops or imagination to sound like him.

  • @arodjazz
    @arodjazz Před 12 lety

    Não é realmente verdade que ele descende de índios americanos. Mas muitas pessoas têm dito isso mesmo que ele é branco.
    (It is actually not true that he descended from american indians. But many people have said so even though he is white.)

    • @davidbento9459
      @davidbento9459 Před 8 lety +1

      I have heard that also But as a kid I thought he was an Indian as he sure looks like one, Momma T Norma, Charlie etc. don't look Indian but Jack sure did!
      Part of my inspiration to continue my research of Native Americans and also follow my music ambitions, I ended up in Hawaii opened a Native American trading post and continued my music also! Funny how we are molded from our childhood experiences.

  • @bobboscarato1313
    @bobboscarato1313 Před 3 lety

    Jack Teagarden was married four times!