Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
Latest Release
- At the Heart of Swing - Jack Teagarden's Romantic Jazz
- February 2025
- • 10 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Froggie Moore Blues | ||
| 2 | Riverboat Shuffle [2014 Remastered Version] | ||
| 3 | St. James Infirmary | ||
| 4 | Dirty Dog | ||
| 5 | Stars Fell On Alabama |
Albums
Dec 2024 • 15 songs
Oct 2024 • 6 songs
Jan 2023 • 30 songs
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About
Biography
One of the classic giants of jazz, Jack Teagarden was not only the top pre-bop trombonist (playing his instrument with the ease of a trumpeter) but one of the best jazz singers too. He was such a fine musician that younger brother Charlie (an excellent trumpeter) was always overshadowed. Jack started on piano at age five (his mother Helen was a ragtime pianist), switched to baritone horn, and finally took up trombone when he was ten. Teagarden worked in the Southwest in a variety of territory bands (most notably with the legendary pianist Peck Kelley) and then caused a sensati...