[Dixielandjazz] Leonard Feather

[Marek Boym]

Dear Bill,
The session in question was issued on Hall of Fame JG-616, "Jack & Max."
The personnel given just lists Feather on piano, the other musicians being
Jimmy McPartland on cornet or Dick Cary on Trumpet, JT, Edmond Hall, Carl
Kress, Walter Page, Jo Jones and Ray Bauduc.
>From other sources I found that Cary replaced McPartland on"Blue Funk" and
"Davenport Blues," on which Bauduc replaced Jones on drums.
The other
Teagarden items are "Original Dixieland One Step," "High Society" and
"Eccentric."
Side two is by Max Kaminsky's Widy City Six.
As to the session you've mentioned, I remember having it somewhere, too.
I'm surprised it's been issued by such a trad label as Good Time Jazz.
With kine regards,
Marek


On 3 November 2015 at 07:43, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Marek Boym wrote:
> > In his book "The Jazz Years" Feather mentioned organizing some Jack
> Teagarden sessions.  At the time I did not remember that I had one from
> 1954, with Feather on piano...
>
> Dear Marek,
> I have that one on a Good Time Jazz CD GTJCD-12063 and playing the session
> now for old times' sake.
> Still good too.
>
> > I don't know about the other session.
>
> So far as I can find the only other session linking Jack Teagarden and
> Leonard Feather is this one:
>
> Contingent From The Esquire All American Jazz Band:
> Roy Eldridge (t) Jack Teagarden (tb,vcl) Barney Bigard (cl) Coleman
> Hawkins (ts) Frank Froeba (p) Terry Snyder (vib,dir) Dick Kissinger (b)
> unknown (vln) Jerry Marshall (announcer) Leonard Feather (mc)
> Broadcast WNEW "Saturday Swing Session", New York, January 15, 1944
>     Mop mop    Phoenix LP8
>     Tea for two         (unissued)
>     Sweet Lorraine              -
>     I surrender dear            -
>     Sweet Georgia Brown    Phoenix LP8
>     The blues (jt vcl)    (unissued)
>     Honeysuckle rose            -
>
> And Feather does not play.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>