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Jack Teagarden

American jazz musician

Jack Teagarden

American jazz musician
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birthday
20th
August, 1905
Death
15th
January, 1964
Birth Place
Vernon, Texas, U.S.
Birth Sign
leo
Biography

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 1940s and “one of the best jazz singers too”. Teagarden’s early career was as a sideman with the likes of Paul Whiteman and lifelong friend Louis Armstrong.

instruments played
trombone
Vocals
Associated Acts

Peck Kelley, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Bix Beiderbecke, Glenn Miller, Paul Whiteman

Birth Name

Weldon Leo Teagarden

Genres

Jazz, dixieland, swing, big band

Years Active

1920 1964

Name

Jack Teagarden

Nationality

United States of America

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