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Savoy Jazz
bass Arnold Fishkin
design [album design] Dick Smith
tracks a1 to a8 drums Ed Naquin
tracks b1 to b8 drums Paul Collins
engineer [mastering] Joe Brescio
tracks a1 to b4 guitar Danny Perri
lacquer cut by Joe Brescio
liner notes Phil Schaap
piano Nat Jaffe
producer [original sessions] Eli Oberstein
reeds Art St. John
tracks b1 to b4 reeds Benny Lagasse
tracks b5 to b8 reeds Danny Polo
tracks a1 to a8 reeds Jack Goldie
reeds Joe Ferdinando
reeds Larry Walsh
reeds Tony Antonelli
reissue producer Phil Schaap
remastered by [78s] Jack Towers
trombone Jack Teagarden
trombone Joe Ferrall
trombone Jose Gutierrez
trombone Seymour Goldfinger
trumpet John Fallstitch
trumpet Sid Feller
trumpet Tommy Gonsoulin
tracks b5, b6, b8 vocals David Allyn
tracks a1 to a3, b4 vocals Jack Teagarden
tracks a5 to a8 vocals Kitty Kallen
tracks b1 to b3, b7 vocals Marianne Dunne
Lacquer Cut At Master Cutting Room
Pressed By Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
Jack Teagarden, a first team player in any jazz band is featured singing and playing his trombone on recordings from the VARSITY label. These sides have not been available since the early forties and have been remastered with precious care by the legendary sound wizard Jack Towers.

This important Savoy issue restores to the catalogue all sixteen titles Jack Teagarden recorded for VARSITY, his label in 1940.

A-1 thru A-4 recorded February 19-26, 1940
A-5 thru A-8 recorded February 20-27, 1940
B-1 thru B-4 recorded April 14-16, 1940
B-5 thru B-8 recorded late July, 1940
All selections first time on LP.

Matrix / Runout: SJL⸱1162⸱A MCR Bre HuB (Runout A, etched)
Matrix / Runout: SJL⸱1162⸱B MCR Bre HuB (Runout B, etched)