''A Tribute to Jack Teagarden'' (released 2013 in

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by the label Herman Records – HJCD1043) is the second album by the Norwegian trombonist

Kristoffer Kompen Kristoffer Kompen (born 14 August 1984 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trombone) and composer, known for a series of performances and recordings within bands like "Jazzin' Babies" and with musicians like Eirik Hegdal, Eyolf Dale, ...

Critical reception

The review by Terje Mosnes of the Norwegian newspaper

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awarded the album 5 dice and said that "With his quartet, Kompen takes hold of the music, including Teagarden own "Swingin' on the Teagarden Gate", and he does so with impressive tonal formation and suppleness of phrasing. Although Kompen the recent years has emerged as equally comfortable in modern jazz expression as in trad jazz, it seems that the musical heart of his beats with extra power in the evergreen melody landscape".

Track listing

:''All compositions by

Jack Teagarden Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964) was an American jazz trombonist and singer. According to critic Scott Yannow of Allmusic, Teagarden was the preeminent American jazz trombone player before the bebop era of the 19 ...

'' #"Old Folks" #"I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" #"Lover" #"Swingin' on the Teagarden Gate" #"Diane" #"Misery and the Blues" #"Love Mee" #"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" #" I Swung the Election" #"A Hundred Years from Today" #"Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" #"Stars Fell On Alabama"

Personnel

;Kristoffer Kompen Quartet: *

- trombone * David Skinner - piano * Børre Frydenlund - guitar & vocals * Svein Otto Aarbostad - double bass * Tore Sandbakken - drums

References

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