Jack Jenney | |
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Birth name | Truman Eliot Jenney |
Born | May 12, 1910 Mason City, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | December 16, 1945 (aged 35) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Instruments | Trombone, trumpet |
Spouse(s) |
Truman Eliot "Jack" Jenney (May 12, 1910 – December 16, 1945) [1] was an American jazz trombonist.
Born in Mason City, Iowa, [1] Jenney first played trumpet, then switched to trombone. [2] [3] His father was a musician and music teacher. [4] Jenney performed in his father's band from age 11, but his professional work began with Austin Wylie in 1928. [4]
During his career, Jenney worked with Isham Jones, Red Norvo, Artie Shaw, Mal Hallett, and Waring's Pennsylvanians. He appeared in the film Syncopation. [4] He has been called "the greatest trombonist of the Big Band era"[ citation needed] and won the DownBeat Reader's Poll for trombone in 1940. [5]
He led his own band for a year in 1938 and 1939, but it was a financial failure. He was drafted into the United States Navy in 1943, but also played as a studio musician the following year. [2]
He died on December 16, 1945, in Los Angeles, from complications following an appendectomy. [1] [2] [4]
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