Teddy Buckner
John Edward "Teddy" Buckner (born July 16, 1909 in Sherman , Texas , † September 22, 1994 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American trumpeter and singer of Dixieland .
Buckner played on the west coast in the early 1930s (among others with Edythe Turnham and Sonny Clay in Los Angeles), in Shanghai in 1934 with Buck Clayton and then a. a. with Benny Carter (1945 to 1948), Lionel Hampton (1947/48) and Horace Henderson . From 1949 to 1954 he was in the Creole Jazz Band of Kid Ory and ran from 1954 to 1966 his own band, which at times also Pud Brown belonged. In 1958 he performed with Sidney Bechet in France. From 1965 to 1981 he played in Disneyland in New Orleans Square. He recorded under his own name for the GNP / Crescendo label .
Buckner also played with the blues musician T-Bone Walker and had a few supporting roles as an actor, e.g. B. in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" By Sydney Pollack as a member of the band. He also sometimes played cornet , e.g. B. in "Pennies from Heaven", "St. Louis Blues" (1958), "Pete Kelly's Blues" (1955, by Jack Webb ).
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
- Scott Yanow biography
- Teddy Buckner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buckner, Teddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buckner, John Edward (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sherman , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1994 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |