Person
Jack Teagarden
Acting · 1905–1964
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."
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
An American in Paris
Musician
The Strip
Himself
Hoagy Carmichael
Himself
The Glass Wall
Musician
Glory Alley
Jack Teagarden
So's Your Uncle
Himself
Birth of the Blues
Pepper
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Self
I'm in the Revue
Musician
Filmography
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1960Jazz on a Summer's DaySelf
- 1953The Glass WallMusician
- 1952Glory AlleyJack Teagarden
- 1951An American in ParisMusician
- 1951The StripHimself
- 1950I'm in the RevueMusician
- 1945The Pied Piper of Basin StreetMusician
- 1944Twilight on the PrairieJack
- 1944Hi, Good Lookin'!Jack Teagarden - Orchestra Leader
- 1943So's Your UncleHimself
- 1941Birth of the BluesPepper
- 1939Hoagy CarmichaelHimself
- 1931The Happiness RemedySelf
- 1929Me and the BoysSelf - Trombone
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