Even veteran swing collectors might be unaware of the enjoyable recordings that the unfortunately obscure but very talented
Teddy Grace made during her relatively brief career. This valuable CD has 22 of the 30 selections that she made as a leader (leaving off two sessions) and finds
Grace very much at ease, whether interpreting swinging, lesser-known material, a series of high-quality blues, or period pieces. The supporting cast -- which includes such notables as cornetist
Bobby Hackett, trumpeters
Charlie Shavers and
Max Kaminsky, trombonist
Jack Teagarden, clarinetist
Pee Wee Russell, tenor saxophonist
Bud Freeman, and pianist
Billy Kyle, among others -- speaks for the high esteem in which she was held during the era. ~ Scott Yanow