Ah children ... it’s been too long since I listened to this great easy going artist, a man who moved from blues to jazz, yet still maintained the essence with his warm vocals and comfortable nature. Jack Teagarden was one of the few jazzmen who consistently tried to play what people liked, what people could relate to ... giving them someplace to hang their hats, and something to remember as the audience filtered out of the show, or the tonearm lifted from the platter.Jack’s played with everyone, yet even today, unless you’re ultra hip to the scene, his name may elude you. But that’s no doubt due to the fact that his liquid sound bounces from genre to genre, including blues, jazz, big band, swing, Dixieland, and it’s all mixed with a bit of Texas heat; just to remind you from where he hailed. Jack had a fluency on the trombone that has continued to amaze artists and listeners to this very day, where his solo passages leave folks awestruck, shaking their heads in amazement.Even here, when covering the work of others, Jack had an uncanny ability to respond to the melody, never taking it over and making it his own, but rather reshaping and polishing the inherent beauty, giving the original more luster and fame. Here, on The Golden Horn, you’re gonna get a taste of Jack buttoned up tight with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Eddie Candon, Adrian Rollini, Red Nichols, Eddie Lang, and Joe Venuti, making this a must-have album to say the least. Jack Teagarden has achieved a place of distinction in jazz, one shared by few other musicians ... jazz fans are noted for their fanatical devotion to one jazz movement to the exclusion of all others, only the very rare exceptions are universal favorites among fans of all schools of jazz, and Jack Teagarden is one of those, a legend for all time. Have said all of this, please, make an effort to find this gem on the original 1964 Decca vinyl, where the songs were originally recorded between 1929 and 1953, enhanced for the new stereophonic sound of the day with loving touches, on heavy vinyl, that’s been transcribed at one of the singularly best volumes I’ve ever heard, delivering a warm rich lustrous experience that brings a full faced smile of total satisfaction.Review by Jenell Kesler