Teddy Brannon

Humphrey "Teddy" Brannon ( born September 27, 1916 in Moultrie, Georgia, † February 24, 1989 in Newark, New Jersey) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Brannon worked as a studio musician with former doo-wop groups, often playing beside it with jazz musicians such as Roy Eldridge, Buddy Rich, Bennie Green, 1951, Johnny Hodges in 1952, Jonah Jones in 1961 and Illinois Jacquet. In addition, he accompanied singers such as Dinah Washington in 1947, Ruth Brown, Billie Holiday, the Vokalemsemble The Gordon and Babs Gonzales, who was his cousin.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Don Byas: Savoy Jam Party The Savoy Sessions ( Savoy, 1944-46 )
  • Bennie Green / Jay Jay Johnson / Kai Winding: Trombone by Three ( Prestige / OJC )
  • Johnny Hodges: The Complete 1941-1954 Small Group Recordings, Vol 4 ( Blue Moon )
  • Dinah Washington: Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes
  • Rubberlegs Williams: Obscure Blues Shouters, Vol 2 ( Blue Moon )

Swell

  • Teddy Brannon biography of Eugene Chadbourne at Allmusic (English)
  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9
  • Jazz Pianist
  • Born 1916
  • Died in 1989
  • Man
Georgia (U.S. state) Linden (New Jersey) Benny Carter 52nd Street (Manhattan) Herbie Fields Miles Davis Savoy Records Delmark Records Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer) Leonard Feather
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