Some of Jackson T's most lowdown playing
David G. Martin | USA | 01/17/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Jack Teagarden plays with the most basic New Orleans style combo: trumpet, trombone, carinet, piano, bass and drums. He plays the old standards like Muskrat Ramble, Barbecue, South Rampart Street, etc., and he plays them just like you'd want to hear them in a smoky bar. The high point is his down-and-dirty rendition of "St. James Infirmary," which ends with the trombone line spiraling down like it's going to just keep going on down, down and farther down.
All of the music is instrumental, because singing would have forced jack to buy a cabaret license. Lil Hardin Armstrong plays piano during two of the intermissions."