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Jack Teagarden |
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Name: Jack Teagarden
| Nee: |
Weldon Leo Teagarden |
| Born: |
29 Aug 1905 |
| Died: |
15 Jan 1964 |
| Origin: |
Vernon, Texas, United States |
| Instruments: |
Trombone, Vocal |
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| Jack Teagarden was an influential jazz trombonist. His brother Charlie and his sister Norma also became noted professional musicians. Teagarden's father was an amateur brass band trumpeter and started young Jack on baritone horn, but by age 10 he had switched to trombone. He first heard jazz music played by the Louisiana Five and decided to play in the new style.
Jack Teagarden's trombone style was largely self taught, and he developed many unusual alternative positions and novel special effects on the instrument. He is usually considered the most innovative jazz trombone stylist of the pre-Bebop era, and did much to expand the role of the instrument beyond the old tailgate style role of the early New Orleans brass bands. |
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