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...first consists of four twelve-inch sides issued by the Hot Record Society, and which I was unable to review when they were released six weeks ago. The band playing is called Jack Teagarden's Big Eight, and includes Teagarden, Rex Stewart (trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Barney Bigard (clarinet), Billy Kyle (piano), Billy Taylor (bass), and Dave Tough (drums). The tunes are: St. James' Infirmary, Shine, The World Is Waiting for The Sunrise, and Big Eight Blues...
...awful lot that I can add. However, I would like to mention a fact which impresses me as making the date doubly important, and that is the opportunity given to Ben Webster and Billy Kyle, and of which opportunity they made the very best. Needless to say, Teagarden, Stewart, and Dave Tough are their magnificent selves, as you would expect, and as you've heard on pretty nearly everything they've done. However, a musician like Ben Webster, although his work ranks with that of Coleman Hawkins and Chu Berry, has never received half the recognition he deserves. Yet what...
...sides issued by the Commodore Music Shop. Band features Marty Marsala (trumpet), George Brunies (trombone), Pee Wee Russell (clarinet), "Maurice" (known to his best friends as Fats Waller), Artie Shapiro (bass), Eddie Condon (guitar), and George Wettling (drums). Solos don't measure up to the standards set on the Teagarden date, but the musicians have a wonderful talent for getting together on the finish and really making the last couple of choruses jump. Best side is Oh Sister Ain't That...
...discover some previously unissued Louis Armstrong sides, which COLUMbia has just released. Most interesting is Ory's Creole Trombone, a good example of the old New Orleans parade style . . . Another COLUMBIA reissue that should be on your list is Benny Goodman's 1934 Moonglow, featuring Jack and Charlie Teagarden, Teddy Wilson, and Benny himself . . . If you want to know where Meade Lux Lewis got his style, listen to his old-time teacher Jimmy Yancey, on Yancey's Bugle Call and 35th and Dearborn (VICTOR). Jimmy plays in a nice easy-going style, with bass figures somewhat more elaborate than those...
NEWS AND NEW RELEASES. Jack Teagarden is currently at the Brunswick. Featured are Jack, brother Charlic (trumpet), and Danny Polo (clarinet), but somehow there's nothing particularly inspiring. Good for dancing, though...Goodman's new outfit will start a flock of one-nighters about Nov. 10. He'll be within driving distance and probably worth going to see. A not-so-wild rumor says Cootie Williams will be with him. Ellington's loss is Goodman's gain, but I can't see Cootie with anyone but the Duke...Record of the week is Special Delivery Stomp by Artie Shaw...