Norma Teagarden was a notable jazz

Jazz

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 pianist. She was born in Vernon, Texas

Vernon, Texas

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, the sister of jazz trombonist

Trombone

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 Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden

Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden , known as "Big T" and "The Swingin' Gate", was an influential jazz trombonist, bandleader, composer, and vocalist, regarded as the "Father of Jazz Trombone".-Early life:...

 and jazz musician Charlie Teagarden

Charlie Teagarden

Charlie Teagarden was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of Jack Teagarden....

.

Norma Teagarden studied piano with her mother and became an outstanding pianist, with a worldwide reputation. She started working professionally in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma city

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 around 1926, then moved to New Mexico

New Mexico

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 in 1929 and worked in various territory bands. In 1935, she led her own band in Oklahoma City, then again in Long Beach, California

Long Beach, California

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 in 1942.

In 1944, she joined brother Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden

Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden , known as "Big T" and "The Swingin' Gate", was an influential jazz trombonist, bandleader, composer, and vocalist, regarded as the "Father of Jazz Trombone".-Early life:...

's band and toured with him. After this, she moved back to California and worked with Ben Pollack

Ben Pollack

Ben Pollack was a drummer and bandleader from the mid 1920s through the swing era. His eye for talent led him to either discover or employ, at one time or another, musicians such as Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Jimmy McPartland and Harry James...

, Matty Matlock

Matty Matlock

Julian Clifton "Matty" Matlock was an American Dixieland jazz clarinettist, saxophonist and arranger born in Paducah, Kentucky...

, Ada Leonard, Ted Vesley, Pete Daily

Pete Daily

Pete Daily was an American swing music and dixieland jazz cornetist and valve trombonist born Thaman Pierce Daily in Portland, Indiana.-Career:...

, and Ray Bauduc

Ray Bauduc

Ray Bauduc was a jazz drummer best known for his work with the Bob Crosby Orchestra and their band-within-a-band, the Bobcats, between 1935 and 1942....

. She again joined Jack Teagarden in 1952.

She married John Friedlander in 1955.

External links

• [ Norma Teagarden at Allmusic]