AMG Review of Has Anybody Here Seen Jackson?: Jack Teagarden Orchestra, Vol. 2 (1941-1944)

Scott Yanow
All Music Guide

Jack Teagarden's Standard Transcriptions are reissued on this CD and the previous It's Time for "T." Teagarden made few studio recordings with his ill-fated big band during this period and, even with the seven commercial vocals by David Allyn and Kitty Kallen, this music is superior to what was generally available to the public from the trombonist's orchestra at the time. Teagarden and his somewhat obscure sidemen are in consistently fine form on the varied material; pity that the big band never really caught on.