Jack Teagarden
Birthday: 1905-08-20
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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."
Movies
The Glass Wall
Peter Kuban, a Hungarian refugee, is about to be deported after jumping ship in New York harbor. He ...
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The Happiness Remedy
An itinerant medicine salesman sells joy in bottles with the aid of his band....
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Birth of the Blues
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts ...
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Hi, Good Lookin'!
An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a pre...
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I'm in the Revue
Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go ...
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Glory Alley
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea....
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Twilight on the Prairie
In this musical western, a cowboy band is offered the chance to appear in a Hollywood movie and begi...
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Hoagy Carmichael
Short musical subject featuring the work of composer Hoagy Carmichael performed by him and featuring...
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So's Your Uncle
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself p...
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with perf...
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The Strip
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in w...
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