Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Released 2020

In the years between leaving Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars and his death (1952-1964), the great trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden led a Dixieland-oriented sextet. Presented here in their entireties are two of his last albums, Mis’ry and the Blues (Verve V6-8416) and Think Well of Me (Verve V6-8465). While the former LP features his regular group in a selection of standards, the latter (on which a string section is added) concentrates on compositions by Willard Robison. Although Teagarden went through a rough time in the early 1960s that would lead to his premature death in 1964 (at the age of 58), these recordings give ample proof that he was a true master until the end, both as a trombonist and as a singer.

Track listing:

1. Don’t Tell a Man About His Woman
   
2. Basin Street Blues
   
3. Froggie Moore Blues
   
4. I Don’t Want to Miss Mississippi
   
5. It’s All in Your Mind
   
6. Mis’ry and the Blues
   
7. Dixieland One-Step
   
8. Love Lies
   
9. Afternoon in August
   
10. Peaceful Valley
    
11. Where Are You?
    
12. Cottage for Sale
    
13. Guess I’ll Go Back Home This Summer
    
14. I’m a Fool About My Mama
    
15. Don’t Smoke in Bed
    
16. In a Little Waterfront Café
    
17. Think Well of Me
    
18. Old Folks
    
19. Country Boy Blues
    
20. Tain’t So Honey,Tain’t So
    
21. ‘Round My Old Deserted Farm