[Dixielandjazz] Re: Teddy Buckner

Fri Nov 19 16:59:00 PST 2004

Speaking of Teddy Buckner, I just found his CD (album when he cut it) "A Salute To Louis Armstrong" on ITunes. It is a great album. I added it to the playlist on Dixieland Gumbo.

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>  From: Len Nielsen 
>  To: DJML 
>  Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:38:19 -0800
>  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Teddy Buckner
>  
>  I am a little late on this one but I just got home from some time off 
>  and I can't resist writing when Teddy Buckner's name comes up.
>  
>  It would seem that he isn't very widely known or appreciated but my 
>  interest in him began in the late l950's when I heard his version of 
>  Chinatown My Chinatown on a local Vancouver BC radio program. The DJ, 
>  Jack Cullen, also had a record shop and he brought the record, a 12 
>  inch, red, slightly opaque LP, in from Seattle for me. I played that LP 
>  until it didn't have any sound left in it.
>  
>  I also saw and heard him at Disneyland several times over the following 
>  years but always had kids with me and was never allowed to sit and enjoy.
>  
>  I presently have 2 of his CD's. The first a tribute to Louis Armstrong 
>  which has some of the tunes from the afore mentioned LP and the second 
>  recorded with Sidney Bechet in France in l958.
>  
>  If any one knows of other CD's by Teddy, specially the l955 Dixieland 
>  Jubilee LP, I would be interested. Along with Chinatown My Chinatown it 
>  had, IMO, maybe the best version of Chimes Blues I have heard.
>  
>  If I remember correctly my first LP purchase was Dixie By Dorsey, my 
>  second Satch Plays Fats and my third Teddy Buckner's Dixieland Jubilee 
>  LP. He is still one of my favorites.
>  
>  My attention is instantly engaged when I see his name pop up.
>  
>  Len Nielsen
>  
>  James Kashishian wrote:
>  I
>  
>  Bob Romans wrote:
>  
>  In the early sixties a friend of mine and I used to go to a restaurant in
>  West Covina, California, and listen to Teddy Buckner and his band.
>  I understand he was in the movie, "The Five Penny's", along with Satchmo. 
>  
>  I've mentioned before that I spent 3 nites a week in the Beverly Caverns in
>  Los Angeles in the late 50's listening to Teddy Buckner. The other 4 nites
>  I was busy with our "young band" playing at the Roug et Noir in Seal Beach
>  (the South Frisco). 
>  
>  Teddy was a fantastic horn man, an excellent band leader & entertainer. He
>  was extremely friendly with everyone around him, including his band members.
>  Great memories! I picked up a lot of ideas from him, both commercially &
>  musically.
>  
>  Yes, he was in Five Pennies, and was often used in films when they couldn't
>  afford Satchmo (Teddy looked a bit like him). 
>  
>  Good to see his name mentioned again.
>  
>  Jim
>  
>  ATTACHMENT part 3.2 message/rfc822 
>  From: "Robert S. Ringwald" 
>  To: "DJML" 
>  Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:44:49 -0800
>  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Teddy Buckner
>  
>  Some time in the 70s, We had Teddy's band as a guest band at our monthly 
>  Jazz Sunday of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society. It was one of the 
>  most memorable days we have ever had. The band & Teddy put on a great 
>  show!. I will never forget it.
>  
>  --Bob Ringwald
>  Placerville, CA USA
>  
>  ATTACHMENT part 3.6 message/rfc822 
>  From: ALSINGERPRESENTS at aol.com
>  CC: 
>  To: lennielsen at telus.net, dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>  Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:43:13 EST
>  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Teddy Buckner
>  
>  I am quite sure that Milt Buckner,organist/pianist who played in Hamp's 
>  band was Teddy's brother, and both came out of Detroit. al singer
>  
>  ATTACHMENT part 3.7 message/rfc822 
>  From: "Phil O'Rourke" 

>  To: "DJML" 
>  Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:58:30 +1100
>  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Teddy Buckner
>  
>  
>  Al
>  
>  Teddy Buckner was born in Sherman Texas 15 July 1909.
>  Milt Buckner was born in St Louis Missouri 10 July 1915. Milt had a brother
>  Ted who played alto and was born 14 Decembner 1913.
>  Milt's brother Ted is not the one we are talking about. Milt did have a
>  brother George who played trumpet.
>  
>  Phil O'Rourke
>  Australia
>  
>  I am quite sure that Milt Buckner,organist/pianist who played in Hamp's
>  band was Teddy's brother, and both came out of Detroit. al singer
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>  ATTACHMENT part 3.8 message/rfc822 
>  From: Len Nielsen 
>  To: DJML 
>  Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:44:33 -0800
>  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Teddy Buckner
>  
>  Al Singer wrote
>  
>  "I am quite sure that Milt Buckner,organist/pianist who played in Hamp's
>  band was Teddy's brother, and both came out of Detroit. al singer"
>  
>  I have transcribed part of the liner notes, below, for the album 
>  Parisian Encounter which Teddy Buckner recorded with Sidney Bechet in 
>  1958. Several listmates have already given info contained here , however 
>  there is additional general info, such as who he played with during his 
>  career.
>  
>  It does mention that he played with Lionel Hampton.
>  
>  Joe Darensbourg who played clarinet on Teddy's Dixieland Jubilee LP 
>  apparently also played with Kid Ory's band at the same time as Teddy 
>  Buckner. 
>  
>  Len Nielsen
>  
>  start of liner notes:
>  
>  In 1958, the organisers of the Cannes Festival called on a trumpeter
>  appreciated by enthusiasts of traditional jazz in California and the
>  West Coast, but much less well-known in Europe:Teddy Buckner. Born in
>  Texas where he was born in 1909, John Edward "Teddy" Buckner had already
>  however a well-filled career behind him. Having played with various
>  middle-ranking bands (Speed Webb, Sonny Clay), he was in China with Buck
>  Claytion in 1934-35, and performed in the Lionel Hampton, Benny Carter,
>  Horace Henderson and Kid Ory bands before heading his own group in 1954
>  which performed mostly in California and which regularly took part in
>  the famous Dixieland Jubilee promoted by Gene Norman. In 1955, 20 years
>  after having played with Louis Armstrong in Pennies From Heaven Buckner
>  performed with Ella Fitzgerald in the film Pete Kelly's Blues. Strongly
>  influenced by Armstrong, Buckner proved however to those discovering him
>  at this time that he was a trumpeter with a powerful style, full of
>  sonority, with electrifying drive, and particularly good on the mute (I
>  Can't Get Started, Souvenirs de la Nouvelle-Orleans) and fully able to
>  lead a collective improvisation ( Weary Blues) in the purest mannner of
>  New Orleans trumpeters.
>  ATTACHMENT part 3.9 message/rfc822 
>  From: "John Farrell" 
>  To: "DJML" 
>  Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 06:57:03 -0000
>  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Milt Buckner
>  
>  Al Singer said :
>  
>  "I am quite sure that Milt Buckner,organist/pianist who played in Hamp's
>  band was Teddy's brother, and both came out of Detroit."
>  
>  Milt stayed with me a few times on his various trips to the UK, usually when
>  he had a gig at Ronnie Scott's Club in London. I got to know this charming,
>  gifted genial man very well - when the mood took him he could play
>  absolutely stunning stride piano. On one occasion he told me that although
>  he got all the glory for writing Hamp's Boogie Woogie the galling thing was
>  that Hamp got all the money!
>  
>  John Farrell
>  http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
>  ATTACHMENT part 3.13 message/rfc822 
>  From: ALSINGERPRESENTS at aol.com
>  CC: 
>  To: philor at webone.com.au, dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>  Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:37:31 EST
>  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Teddy Buckner
>  
>  Phil...Thanks for the correction! All along I was peplexed by it all 
>  because the only TEDDY BUCKNER I was aware of did play alto.......and spent time in 
>  Detroit. al
>  
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