Thurman Teague

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Thurman Teague (* 1910 ; † unknown) was an American jazz musician ( double bass ).

Live and act

Thurman Teague began his career in Chicago as a banjoist and guitarist when he played with guitarist Jack Goss in 1930. He then switched to bass and from the mid-1930s he belonged to Ben Pollack's band , with which the first recordings were made. In the following years he also played with Vincent Lopez , Sharkey Bonano and Santo Pecora ; from 1938 to 1945 he worked in Harry James' orchestra . In the post-war years he lived on the west coast of the USA and played a. a. with Red Nichols , Jack Teagarden , Drew Page and Frank Sinatra . He was involved in 203 recording sessions from 1936 to 1956. His solid, rhythmic playing can be heard in the Elmer-Schoebel composition "I Never Knew What a Gal Could Do" in the version of Santo Pecora's Backroom Boys (1937, Columbia 36159).

Lexical entry

  • The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition, 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : Jazz Discography (online)
personal data
SURNAME Teague, Thurman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1910
DATE OF DEATH after 1956