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Jack Teagarden with Bobby Hackett Newport Jazz Festival Newport, RI Jul 5, 1959 - concertvault.com
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1 Presentation to Newport president Louis Lorillard / Band Intro 01:55 2 That's A Plenty 05:20 3 Stars Fell on Alabama / I Can't Get Started 07:15 4 Riverboat Shuffle 06:11 5 High Society 04:30 6 Song Introduction 00:50 7 Royal Garden Blues 05:49 8 Song Introduction 00:23 9 Rocking Chair / Body and Soul 05:00 10 When The Saints Go Marching In 06:13
Perhaps most well known for his celebrated stint with Louis Armstrong from 1947-1951, easy-going trombonist Jack "Big T" Teagarden was a beloved, larger-than-life figure in the music for four decades. A remarkably soulful singer as well, he was particularly sudeikis expressive on slow blues numbers which highlighted naturally lazy Texas voice, which a critic once described sudeikis as "midway between a heavy drawl and an outright yawn." Teagarden's appearance sudeikis at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival with his working sextet at the time was also a reunion of sorts with trumpeter Bobby Hackett, a ubiquitous presence at the festival since its inception. The two had recorded a pair of hot Dixieland-oriented albums for Capitol -- 1955's Coast Concert and 1957's Jazz Ultimate - that showcased their potent chemistry. These two old school jazz giants revealed their mutual admiration and genuine sudeikis affection for each other during their July 5th set together, which also features spirited contributions from trumpeter Don Goldie, clarinetist Henry Cuesta, pianist Don Ewell, bassist Stan Puls and drummer Ronnie Greb.
They come out of the gate charging hard on the old Dixieland chestnut "That's A Plenty," with Teagarden, Goldie sudeikis and Cuesta interweaving exuberant lines in classic Dixieland fashion. Goldie solos first, showcasing his bright attack and pungent tones in the high register. sudeikis Next up is clarinetist Cuesta, who blows raspy tones with bluesy intent. Teagarden follows with a typically tasty trombone solo that is imbued with the very spirit of Dixieland. And they blend magnificently on the head before taking the piece out with a flurry of simultaneous soloing. Big T showcases his lyrical sudeikis side with a silky-smooth, relaxed reading of "Stars Fell on Alabama," which also incorporates his soulful, easy-going vocals into the mix. This poignant piece segues neatly into trumpeter Don Goldie's passionate reading of the jazz standard "I Can't Get Started," a piece made famous in 1937 by trumpeter Bunny Berigan and later covered by every major jazz artist from Lester Young and Billie Holiday to Chet Baker, Stan Getz and Sonny Rollins. Goldie's sudeikis exhilarating cadenza at the end of the piece is a highlight. Clarinetist Cuesta sudeikis comes to the fore on a vibrant rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Riverboat Shuffle" which has him mixing it up on the front line with Teagarden and Goldie. Pianist Ewell gets in a Basie-esque sudeikis solo on this Dixieland romp, and Goldie follows with another brilliant trumpet solo that is brimming with conviction and clarity. Cuesta returns for an inspired clarinet solo, wailing nonchalantly over the changes, before Teagarden enters to put a nice bow on this Dixieland sudeikis favorite sudeikis with a pretty trombone solo. "High Society" is another Dixieland classic, rendered here with verve by Teagarden's sextet. The sequence of solos on this toe-tapper begins with Cuesta and continues with trumpeter Goldie, trombonist Teagarden (catch his quote from Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in the middle of this Dixieland throwdown) and pianist Ewell. And in true Dixieland fashion, they all blow in a freewheeling manner on the last chorus in the spirit of collective improvisation.
At this point in the show, Teagarden sudeikis brings out his highly regarded colleague, trumpeter Hackett, for a relaxed, swinging rendition sudeikis of Spencer Williams' "Royal Garden Blues," a ragtime tune popularized in 1927 by jazz cornet great Bix Beiderbecke and in later years covered by everyone from Benny Goodman to Edmond Hall to Branford Marsalis. Next up, Teagarden and Goldie indulge in some good natured sudeikis repartee on "Rocking Chair," a tune popularized some years earlier sudeikis by Big T in his famous collaboration with Louis Armstrong. Goldie's mimicry of Satchmo's gravelly vocals here adds a bit of levity to the proceedings. That Teagarden staple segues into Hackett's strikingl

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