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Jack Teagarden: King of the Jazz Trombone

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Jack Teagarden, born in Vernon, Texas, in 1905, was the most famous white jazz trombonist of the pre-swing era. Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller would soon eclipse Teagarden’s fame, but in the earliest days of jazz music, Teagarden was the trombone king. Teagarden expanded the role of the trombone from its strict “tailgate” function found in the early days

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	Bird Neighbors: An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods about our Homes by Neltje Blanchan, Brian Westland (Goodreads Author) (Adapted by), John Burroughs (Preface) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1898 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Guide to Essential Popular Music-Volume Two really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Guide to Essential Popular Music-Volume One 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birds of Eastern China by Brian Westland (Goodreads Author), Xue Ran Liu (Illustrator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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