Jack Teagarden

Known for

Acting

Born

August 20, 1905

Died

January 15, 1964 (aged 58)

Biography

Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden, known as "Big T" and "The Swingin' Gate", was a jazz trombonist, bandleader, composer, and vocalist, regarded as the "Father of Jazz Trombone."

Best known work

An American in Paris

1951

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Jazz on a Summer's Day

1960

The Glass Wall

1953

The Strip

1951

Glory Alley

1952

Birth of the Blues

1941

I'm in the Revue

1950

Hoagy Carmichael

1939

The Pied Piper of Basin Street

1945

Filmography

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
as Self (1 episode)
1960
Jazz on a Summer's Day
as Self
1953
The Glass Wall
as Musician
1952
Glory Alley
as Jack Teagarden
1951
An American in Paris
Musician
1951
The Strip
as Himself
1950
I'm in the Revue
as Musician
1945
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
Musician
1944
Twilight on the Prairie
as Jack
1944
Hi, Good Lookin'!
as Jack Teagarden - Orchestra Leader
1943
So's Your Uncle
as Himself
1941
Birth of the Blues
as Pepper
1939
Hoagy Carmichael
as Himself
1931
The Happiness Remedy
as Self
1929
Me and the Boys
as Self - Trombone