Charlie Teagarden
Charles "Charlie" Teagarden (* 19th July 1913 in Vernon , Texas ; † 10. December 1984 in Las Vegas ) was an American jazz - trumpet of Traditional Jazz and Swing , younger brother of the trombonist Jack Teagarden .
Teagarden first played with Peck Kelley and in bands in Oklahoma (Herb Cook and his Oklahoma Joy Boys, Frank Williams and his Oklahomans) and from 1929/1930 together with his brother with Ben Pollack (with whom he had his recording debut), with Red Nichols (1931), Roger Wolfe Kahn (1932) and Paul Whiteman (December 1933 to 1940). During his time at Whiteman he also worked as a freelancer and briefly formed "The Three T's" with Frank Trumbauer and his brother in 1936 . September 1940 he was in his brother's band ( Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra ), then played in a show by Ethel Waters and led his own band until 1942. At the end of 1942 he was drafted (service on ferries) and after his release he worked as a freelance musician in Los Angeles. In 1946 he was with Harry James and his brother Jack and from 1947 to 1951 he played with Jimmy Dorsey . At the turn of 1950/51 he spent several months with Ben Pollack. In 1951 he played briefly with his brother and Jerry Gray in the studio, as he did a lot in the 1950s. In 1951/52 he had his own trio with Ray Bauduc and Jess Stacy . 1954 to 1958 he played a lot with the Bobcats of Bob Crosby . From 1959 he moved to Las Vegas , where he played in shows and hotels (he led a band in the Cinderella Club for a long time) and worked a lot for television. In 1963 the Monterey Jazz Festival reunited with his brother Jack, his sister Norma and his mother Helen (both pianists). In the 1960s he played with Pete Fountain and appeared at the Aspen Jazz Festival in 1965. He withdrew from the 1970s. Most recently he worked for the musicians' union.
He only recorded once under his own name (on Coral 1962, "The Big Horn of Little T"), but another record is said to have been released in 1963 under Lionel Hampton's name. His nickname was "Little T", and he was all his life in the shadow of his older brother Jack ("Big T"). His brother Cub Teagarden was a drummer.
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- ↑ Wolfer, loc. Cit. And Chilton Who´s who in Jazz , Macmillan 1985
- ^ Wölfer Lexikon des Jazz , Hannibal 1993
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teagarden, Charlie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teagarden, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vernon (Texas) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1984 |
| Place of death | Las Vegas |