Jack Teagarden

Nacimiento : 1905-08-20,

Muerte : 1964-01-15

Historia

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."

Películas

Jazz on a Summer's Day
Self
Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
The Glass Wall
Musician
Peter, un desplazado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, salta de un buque en el puerto de Nueva York cuando es deportado. Su intención es encontrar a un ex soldado llamado Tom a quien ayudó durante la guerra y poder demostrar su entrada legal en los Estados Unidos.
Glory Alley
Jack Teagarden
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
Musician
The Pied Piper of Basin Street Release Date: 1/15/45 Direction: James Culhane Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer Animation Layout: Art Heinemann Animation: Verne Harding and Pat Matthews Music: Darrell Calker Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard Featuring: Jack Teagarden Notes: Production Number: D-10 A Swing Symphony cartoon. The Pied Piper is a caricature of Jimmy Durante, while the mayor is a caricature of Lou Costello. Michael Fitzgerald incorrectly lists this cartoon as a November 1944 release.
Twilight on the Prairie
Jack
In this musical western, a cowboy band is offered the chance to appear in a Hollywood movie and begins the journey to the West Coast. Unfortunately, the band ends up stranded in Texas and must take a job running a ranch. Musical mayhem ensues: Songs include: "Let's Love Again," "Where the Prairie Meets the Sky," "Don't You Ever Be a Cowboy," "Texas Polka," "No Letter Today," "I Got Mellow in the Yellow of the Moon," "Sip Nip Song," "Salt-Water Cowboy," "The Blues," "Little Brown Jug" and "And Then."
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Jack Teagarden - Orchestra Leader
An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a pretty girl become a singer.
So's Your Uncle
Himself
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
El nacimiento del blues
Pepper
Jeff crece cerca de Basin Street, en Nueva Orleans, tocando el clarinete en el muelle de estibadores. Forma una banda, La Basin Street Hot-Shots, que incluye a Memphis, un trompetista. Sufren para que su música jazz sea aceptada en los cafés de la ciudad. Betty Lou, una cantante, se une a la banda y consigue conciertos para ésta. Jeff y Memphis se enamoran de Betty Lou.
Hoagy Carmichael
Himself
Short musical subject featuring the work of composer Hoagy Carmichael performed by him and featuring Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra, as well as vocalist Meredith Blake.
The Happiness Remedy
Self
An itinerant medicine salesman sells joy in bottles with the aid of his band.
Me and the Boys
Self - Trombone
A film featuring some of best jazz musicians from the early twenties.