Charlie Teagarden
Charlie Teagarden (July 19, 1913 – December 10, 1984), known as 'Smokey Joe', was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of Jack Teagarden. His nickname was Little T. Born in Vernon, Texas, United States, Teagarden worked locally in Oklahoma before he and Jack joined Ben Pollack's Orchestra in 1929. Pollack's recordings were Teagarden's first. He then worked with Red Nichols (1931) and Roger Wolfe Kahn (1932) before doing an extended run in Paul Whiteman's orchestra (1933–40). In 1936 he, Jack, and Frankie Trumbauer played together in the ensemble The Three T's. Teagarden played in his brother's big band in 1940, but soon branched off to lead his own ensembles. He played with Jimmy Dorsey in 1948-50 and Bob Crosby from 1954–58, as well as working with Pete Fountain in the 1960s. He worked steadily in Las Vegas after 1959. His only release as a leader was issued in 1962 on Coral Records. At the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival, he performed with Jack, sister Norma, and mother Helen. Teagarden went into semi-retirement in the 1970s. Teagarden died on December 10, 1984 in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 184 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-99447 | 10-in. | 3/10/1936 | I'se a muggin' | Teagarden Boys ; Trumbauer Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-99448 | 10-in. | 3/10/1936 | I'se a muggin' | Teagarden Boys ; Trumbauer Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-06546 | 10-in. | 3/26/1937 | Shall we dance | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-06547 | 10-in. | 3/26/1937 | For you | Allan Holt ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | CS-06557 | 12-in. | 3/28/1937 | All points West | Bob Lawrence ; Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and talk | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | CS-06558 | 12-in. | 3/28/1937 | All points West | Bob Lawrence ; Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and talk | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | [W]149953 | 10-in. | 1/31/1930 | St. James' Infirmary | Buddy Edwards ; Mills Merry Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | [W]149954 | 10-in. | 1/31/1930 | When you're smiling (The whole world smiles with you) | Buddy Edwards ; Mills Merry Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | W152568 | 10-in. | 11/27/1933 | Your mother's son-in-law | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Billie Holiday ; Buck Washington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | W152650 | 10-in. | 12/18/1933 | Riffin' the scotch | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W403227 | 10-in. | 11/4/1929 | Same old moon (Same old June, but not the same old you) | Virginia Willrich and her Texas Rangers | Jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
OKeh | W403228 | 10-in. | 11/4/1929 | Through (How can you say we're through?) | Virginia Willrich and her Texas Rangers | Jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Brunswick | E37269 | 10-in. | 10/22/1931 | Beale Street blues | All Star Orchestra ; Eddie Lang ; Joe Venuti | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Brunswick | E37270 | 10-in. | 10/22/1931 | After you’ve gone | All Star Orchestra ; Eddie Lang ; Joe Venuti | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Brunswick | E37271 | 10-in. | 10/22/1931 | Farewell blues | All Star Orchestra ; Eddie Lang ; Joe Venuti | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Brunswick | E37272 | 10-in. | 10/22/1931 | Someday sweetheart | All Star Orchestra ; Eddie Lang ; Joe Venuti | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Decca | 64592 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Cuban overture (Gershwin), part 1-1 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64593 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Cuban overture, part 2-1 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64594 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Cuban overture, part 3-1 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64595 | 12-in. | 10/21/1938 | An American in Paris, part 1 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64596 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | An American in Paris, part 2 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64597 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | An American in Paris, part 3 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64598 | 10-in. | 10/23/1938 | Second rhapsody, part 1 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64599 | 10-in. | 10/23/1938 | Second rhapsody, part 2 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 64616 | 10-in. | 9/9/1938 | I'm coming Virginia | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Teagarden, Charlie," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106767.
Teagarden, Charlie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106767.
"Teagarden, Charlie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
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