Mis'ry And The Blues
1 Don't Tell A Man About His Woman 2:54
2 Basin Street Blues 5:08
3 Froggie Moore Blues 2:50
4 I Don't Want To Miss Mississippi 4:15
5 It's All In Your Mind 4:30
6 Mis'ry And The Blues 5:18
7 Original Dixieland One Step 4:57
8 Love Lies 3:23
9 Afternoon In August 3:22
10 Peaceful Valley 2:42
Think Well of Me
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 Cafe
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
Bass – Stan Puls
Clarinet – Henry Cuesta
Drums – Barrett Deems
Organ – Shay Torrent (track 8)
Piano – Don Ewell
Trombone, Vocals – Jack Teagarden
Trumpet – Don Goldie
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.
JACK TEAGARDEN, trombone & vocals
On all tracks, plus:
1-10: Mis’ry and the Blues Don Goldie (tp), Henry Cuesta (cl), Don Ewell (p), Stan Puls (b), Barrett Deems (d). Chicago, June 18-22, 1961.
11-21: Think Well of Me The Russ Case/Bob Brookmeyer Orchestra, featuring Don Goldie (tp). Arrangements by Claus Ogerman, Russ Case & Bob Brookmeyer.
New Jersey, January 17-19, 1962. |
