Teagarden, Jack. (1905–1964). Original 1958 Poster from the That Luang Festival, Laos.
Rare poster from a performance of Jack Teagarden and his sextet at the That Luang Festival in Laos on November 21–25, 1958, where they played as part of a U.S. State Department tour. The attractive orange poster has text in English and Lao, with an illustration of a Buddhist stupa. Edge wear, some small tears, area of fading to right edge; overall very good. 22.5 x 13.5 inches (57.5 x 34 cm).
Trombonist and historian Chris Wiley writes: "In October of 1958, Jack Teagarden and his working band undertook a tour of the near east for the U.S. State Department. The trip covered eighteen countries and 17,000 miles, winding up in January of 1959. The King of Thailand, himself a saxophonist and composer, was happy to see Teagarden, someone whose music he had only enjoyed on recordings up until that time. Naturally, the King decreed a jam session at his palace — it went on for 6 hours by Teagarden’s own account. “You tell your friend Eisenhower that you’re the finest thing he’s ever sent us,” the King said. Of one concert stop, Teagarden later remembered: “We played a kind of fair in Laos before about two thousand people, and they just stood there for two hours, with their arms folded, the women with babies on their backs. They didn’t clap, they didn’t say anything. But they didn’t move, either. They stayed until the last note.” "
Teagarden, Jack. (1905–1964). Original 1958 Poster from the That Luang Festival, Laos.
Rare poster from a performance of Jack Teagarden and his sextet at the That Luang Festival in Laos on November 21–25, 1958, where they played as part of a U.S. State Department tour. The attractive orange poster has text in English and Lao, with an illustration of a Buddhist stupa. Edge wear, some small tears, area of fading to right edge; overall very good. 22.5 x 13.5 inches (57.5 x 34 cm).
Trombonist and historian Chris Wiley writes: "In October of 1958, Jack Teagarden and his working band undertook a tour of the near east for the U.S. State Department. The trip covered eighteen countries and 17,000 miles, winding up in January of 1959. The King of Thailand, himself a saxophonist and composer, was happy to see Teagarden, someone whose music he had only enjoyed on recordings up until that time. Naturally, the King decreed a jam session at his palace — it went on for 6 hours by Teagarden’s own account. “You tell your friend Eisenhower that you’re the finest thing he’s ever sent us,” the King said. Of one concert stop, Teagarden later remembered: “We played a kind of fair in Laos before about two thousand people, and they just stood there for two hours, with their arms folded, the women with babies on their backs. They didn’t clap, they didn’t say anything. But they didn’t move, either. They stayed until the last note.” "