Dave, My dad, Ozzie Bowen knew & played dixieland jazz with Jack,Teagarden way back in Miss & I remember my dad mentioning to me many times what a great musician Jack,was. My dad was a musical genius but just played music as an,avocation & worked as an,engineer for ICRR for 50 yrs.My dad also,had his own,t.v. show, ch 12, in Jackson, Miss from 1956 to 1960. Joe G. BowenMiss Gulf Coast
I saw this group live at the Metropole Cafe, in NYC, late 61 early 62.... 'T' was kind enough to allow me to hang with him on a break, and recommended a mouthpiece (Bach 15 EW) and even predicted where I would find it.....a pawn shop in Richmond, VA! Very nice dude! I tried to emulate his style... Also had a brief audience with Miff Mole...hard to believe, but true!
I just recognized Henry Questa on clarinet. When he was doing a concert with (former) Lawrence Welk singers and musicians - I gave him a rare photo of Jack's T band with Henry playing clarinet. He was thrilled to see that old photo. He died soon after that of cancer - but I'm glad I could make him happy with that photo. It rekindled many nice memories for him. And he mentioned he played a lot with Bob Crosby in the 80's after the Welk show ended. By the way, young Bobby Lewis sounds great on this video and Jack T is always the best! And I had Barrett Deems in my house one day and showed him this video (I had a copy of this video in 1980!) He remembered every detail about the day of the concert!
1905- Texas gave the world two great musicians, Jack Teagarden and Bob Wills. Both would come to, at a very early age, to love the music of Bessie Smith. Like Bob, Jack in '63 is showing the years of a hard life of live music gigs and lots of alcohol. I love the music of both of these men! Both died way too soon!
Thanks David,Bento for your comments to me about J. Teagarde, big age difference but i wish I could have met him & sat in for a few sessions with his group. I play,Tenor Banjo, keyboard, upright bass & tenor,sax but piano & tenor banjo is my main staple instruments. We played all old jazz standards but I probably know most every good popular tune since the 1940's, including Artie Shaw, Stan Kenton, Pete Fountain, Al,Hurt, Murphey Campo. I had just played a session with Murphey Campo two weeks before he died in 2000 & I have sat in,with Al Hurts remaining band several times. Another ole musician friend of mine, Bob,Saxon just died in,April of this yr,& Bob was a great,guitarist & we also played hundreds of giggs over the yrs together. Take care,Joe G BowenMiss Gulf CoastRiviera of the south
My teacher died, and he had big T's Trombone as a gift. he gave it to me to play after he died.... this is the same one!!!!! im geeked! Ima go practice right now!!
I just again played one of Jack Teagardens videos & ea time it being a back fond memories of the days I played dixieland jazz in new orleans & on the Miss Gulf Coast which I still do today from time to time. Dixieland jazz gets in your soul & it's hard to depart from playing this style. @The sad thing is that I knew Jack Teagaeten, Al Hurt, Peanuts Hucko, Murphy Campo personally & played jamm sessions with Murphy Campo & Peanuts Hucko & they will be missed by me bless their soul. I still play Piano, Tenor Banjo & Upright Bass & I sing Sinatra style from time to time here on the Miss Gulf Coast @ °Biloxi. Joe G. Bowen Miss Gulf Coast
Jack's whole family played Moma, Norma, Charlie. All fabulous! I met him personally at around 12 years old and loved that he looked like an Indian. Played Wildwood NJ with my band Bourbon Street Five at Harry the Hats in the 70s and other places in Jersey and Philly area!
The band also played "Lover" on this show. Big T is unforgotten, his band was superb. I luckily heard Bobby Lewis in Chicago in the late 90s. Barrett, I miss you, buddy!
Jack died of a heart attack complicated by bronchial pneumonia in his room at the Prince Conti Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans on January 15, 1964. And as sad as his death was (he died at the age of 58), for him to die in the town that gave birth to American Jazz was kinda fitting.
The rest of the Band per Bobby Lewis: Don Ewell-Piano, Barrett Deems - Drums, Pappy (Maynard) Gamble - Bass, Henry Cuesta - Clarinet. See digitalworks Channel for present day Bobby Lewis!
I was almost 14 when Jack died and remember my grandfather seeing the obituary in the newspaper and reading it out loud to the family. My grandmother and my parents all knew who he was, but of course I didn't although the incident stuck in my mind because I thought Teagarden was such an unusual name.
Love Jack Teagarden. He had a whole new approach to jazz and the way it should be done by a White Southerner. My uncle saw him live in NYC during WWII and still lives to tell about it - at the age of 99. Too bad alcoholism claimed yet another one of our greats from way back when.
It wasn't alcoholism, He crossed the wrong people, refused to play a gig cause they said that they wouldn't pay his band and Jack said if my band doesn't get paid I am not playing! I heard this well kept secret from very reliable sources! It is more involved then my short story on it!
I have to doubt your story of foul play in Jack's death. I am 84 yrs. with most of it as trombonist with friends who were close to Jack, and my trumpeter wrote the Teagarden Discography [Howard Waters.] The only story that has validity is that Jack was found dead in his room in N.O. generally believed to be alcohol related illness.
@checker764 The mere existence of the comment: filmed as part of the TV special "International Hour - American Jazz" at the Civic Opera House in Chicago in 1963 suggests mentioning the whole setup. I get mighty frustrated when I can't recognize them all.
My uncle said with pride that he saw him back in the War Years(1941-45) in a nightclub in NY. He said he thorougly enjoyed the show with his girl at the time. Jack was a White man who was heavily influenced by Black jazz musicians and although he band was largely White, it shows in his music.
@myharley65 Really..?? I was gonna say " Jack Teagarden was my Dad's favorite musician" Man too bad he passed away before youtube existed. He would have been so thrilled to talk with you or your Dad. best..
Jack died the next year ('64) in N.O. Anyone know the band personnel on this? I thought Don Goldie was his trumpeter in those days but it doesn't look like Don in the vid.
I have Barrett's Pearl Premier traps! Sadly time and a flood has done a job on them! I used them in the 70s 80's Jersey shore! Brought them to Hawaii. There will never be another Big T, There is a different story not known about Big T's passing, Not natural causes, So sad,, and Barrett was so funny with jokes. there is a clip of Barrett doing a solo on YT at 82,, Amazing~
checker764 Thanks for sharing this wonderful rare glimpse of Willis Conover in a video ! First heard his charismatic voice over the VOA's Jazz Hour during my teenage years eons ago ...
We still miss him!!
Dave, My dad, Ozzie Bowen knew & played dixieland jazz with Jack,Teagarden way back in Miss & I remember my dad mentioning to me many times what a great musician Jack,was. My dad was a musical genius but just played music as an,avocation & worked as an,engineer for ICRR for 50 yrs.My dad also,had his own,t.v. show, ch 12, in Jackson, Miss from 1956 to 1960.
Joe G. BowenMiss Gulf Coast
Che meraviglia, un pezzo di storia. Grazie. Un saluto dell'Italia ❤
I saw this group live at the Metropole Cafe, in NYC, late 61 early 62....
'T' was kind enough to allow me to hang with him on a break, and
recommended a mouthpiece (Bach 15 EW) and even predicted where
I would find it.....a pawn shop in Richmond, VA!
Very nice dude!
I tried to emulate his style...
Also had a brief audience with Miff Mole...hard to believe, but true!
I saw Jack playing at the Metropole in NYC in October 1963; Frank Assunto from the Dukes of Dixieland was on trumpet. Great fun!
Jack Teagarden is great musician!
I just recognized Henry Questa on clarinet. When he was doing a concert with (former) Lawrence Welk singers and musicians - I gave him a rare photo of Jack's T band with Henry playing clarinet. He was thrilled to see that old photo. He died soon after that of cancer - but I'm glad I could make him happy with that photo. It rekindled many nice memories for him. And he mentioned he played a lot with Bob Crosby in the 80's after the Welk show ended. By the way, young Bobby Lewis sounds great on this video and Jack T is always the best! And I had Barrett Deems in my house one day and showed him this video (I had a copy of this video in 1980!) He remembered every detail about the day of the concert!
1905- Texas gave the world two great musicians, Jack Teagarden and Bob Wills. Both would come to, at a very early age, to love the music of Bessie Smith. Like Bob, Jack in '63 is showing the years of a hard life of live music gigs and lots of alcohol. I love the music of both of these men! Both died way too soon!
Thanks David,Bento for your comments to me about J. Teagarde, big age difference but i wish I could have met him & sat in for a few sessions with his group. I play,Tenor Banjo, keyboard, upright bass & tenor,sax but piano & tenor banjo is my main staple instruments. We played all old jazz standards but I probably know most every good popular tune since the 1940's, including Artie Shaw, Stan Kenton, Pete Fountain, Al,Hurt, Murphey Campo. I had just played a session with Murphey Campo two weeks before he died in 2000 & I have sat in,with Al Hurts remaining band several times. Another ole musician friend of mine, Bob,Saxon just died in,April of this yr,& Bob was a great,guitarist & we also played hundreds of giggs over the yrs together.
Take care,Joe G BowenMiss Gulf CoastRiviera of the south
My teacher died, and he had big T's Trombone as a gift. he gave it to me to play after he died.... this is the same one!!!!! im geeked! Ima go practice right now!!
I just again played one of Jack Teagardens
videos & ea time it being a back fond memories of the days I played dixieland jazz in new orleans & on the Miss Gulf Coast which I still do today from time to time.
Dixieland jazz gets in your soul & it's hard to depart from playing this style. @The sad thing is that I knew Jack Teagaeten, Al Hurt, Peanuts Hucko, Murphy Campo personally & played jamm sessions with Murphy Campo & Peanuts Hucko & they will be missed by me bless their soul. I still play Piano, Tenor Banjo
& Upright Bass & I sing Sinatra style from time to time here on the Miss Gulf Coast @ °Biloxi.
Joe G. Bowen
Miss Gulf Coast
Jack's whole family played Moma, Norma, Charlie. All fabulous! I met him personally at around 12 years old and loved that he looked like an Indian.
Played Wildwood NJ with my band Bourbon Street Five at Harry the Hats in the 70s and other places in Jersey and Philly area!
Bobby Lewis (tp), Henry Cuesta (cl), Don Ewell (p), Pappy Gamble (b), Barrett Deems (dr), Willis Conover (MC)
Grazie, informazioni molto importanti. Che meraviglia. Un saluto dell'Italia
The band also played "Lover" on this show. Big T is unforgotten, his band was superb. I luckily heard Bobby Lewis in Chicago in the late 90s.
Barrett, I miss you, buddy!
amazing number and lyrics and vocals and tbone as well of course
Jack died of a heart attack complicated by bronchial pneumonia in his room at the Prince Conti Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans on January 15, 1964. And as sad as his death was (he died at the age of 58), for him to die in the town that gave birth to American Jazz was kinda fitting.
The rest of the Band per Bobby Lewis: Don Ewell-Piano, Barrett Deems - Drums, Pappy (Maynard) Gamble - Bass, Henry Cuesta - Clarinet. See digitalworks Channel for present day Bobby Lewis!
So cool to see this!!!
God Bless Mr Teagarden!
Muchas gracias por compartirlo.
Jack's trombone solo: 1:36 Jack's cadenza: 3:57
Very Cool Checker Thx!!!
I was almost 14 when Jack died and remember my grandfather seeing the obituary in the newspaper and reading it out loud to the family. My grandmother and my parents all knew who he was, but of course I didn't although the incident stuck in my mind because I thought Teagarden was such an unusual name.
That's a young Bobby Lewis on Trumpet. He's still blowing strong in Chicago. Find out more about him at his website
Love Jack Teagarden. He had a whole new approach to jazz and the way it should be done by a White Southerner. My uncle saw him live in NYC during WWII and still lives to tell about it - at the age of 99. Too bad alcoholism claimed yet another one of our greats from way back when.
It wasn't alcoholism, He crossed the wrong people, refused to play a gig cause they said that they wouldn't pay his band and Jack said if my band doesn't get paid I am not playing! I heard this well kept secret from very reliable sources! It is more involved then my short story on it!
I have to doubt your story of foul play in Jack's death. I am 84 yrs. with most of it as trombonist with friends who were close to Jack, and my trumpeter wrote the Teagarden Discography [Howard Waters.] The only story that has validity is that Jack was found dead in his room in N.O.
generally believed to be alcohol related illness.
@checker764
The mere existence of the comment: filmed as part of the TV special "International Hour - American Jazz" at the Civic Opera House in Chicago in 1963
suggests mentioning the whole setup. I get mighty frustrated when I can't recognize them all.
This is one of his last TV appearances. Less than a year later, "Big T" was gone...the victim of a heart attack and complications from pneumonia.
Many lovely comments in this thread.
My uncle said with pride that he saw him back in the War Years(1941-45) in a nightclub in NY. He said he thorougly enjoyed the show with his girl at the time. Jack was a White man who was heavily influenced by Black jazz musicians and although he band was largely White, it shows in his music.
@myharley65 Really..?? I was gonna say " Jack Teagarden was my Dad's favorite musician" Man too bad he passed away before youtube existed. He would have been so thrilled to talk with you or your Dad.
best..
Jack died the next year ('64) in N.O. Anyone know the band personnel on this? I thought Don Goldie was his trumpeter in those days but it doesn't look like Don in the vid.
another poster mentioned Bobby Lewis, maybe that is the trumpeter. I only recognize Barrett Deems on drums.
I have Barrett's Pearl Premier traps! Sadly time and a flood has done a job on them! I used them in the 70s 80's Jersey shore! Brought them to Hawaii. There will never be another Big T, There is a different story not known about Big T's passing, Not natural causes, So sad,, and Barrett was so funny with jokes. there is a clip of Barrett doing a solo on YT at 82,, Amazing~
Bobby Lewis (tp), Henry Cuesta (cl), Don Ewell (p), Pappy Gamble (b), Barrett Deems (dr), Willis Conover (MC)
jack teagarden was my dad's cousin.
The announcer sounds like Willis Conover !
That's because the announcer is Willis Conover.
checker764 Thanks for sharing this wonderful rare glimpse of Willis Conover in a video ! First heard his charismatic voice over the VOA's Jazz Hour during my teenage years eons ago ...
Can anyone tell me who the other musicians are?
Bobby Lewis (tp), Henry Cuesta (cl), Don Ewell (p), Pappy Gamble (b), Barrett Deems (dr), Willis Conover (MC)
Jack wrote the lyrics with Glenn Miller.
I think that Jack died few months later this video....
appears to me that louis adopted t's style of singing