Editing Jack Teagarden (section)

== Legacy ==
Jack Teagarden performed for diverse audiences, including royal families in Cambodia and Thailand.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} Despite facing many challenges, including financial struggles during the Great Depression, Teagarden viewed the acceptance of jazz as a cultural achievement.<ref name=":0" />

Jazz historian [[Gunther Schuller]] described Teagarden as possessing "effortless sovereign technical mastery, richness of tone, and a total lack of exhibitionism."{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} His influence is evident in the work of later jazz trombonists.<ref name=":7" />

Trombonist [[Tommy Dorsey]] reportedly altered his own style to avoid being compared to Teagarden, and [[Glenn Miller]] downplayed his trombone skills after working alongside Teagarden in Ben Pollack's band.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Glenn Miller: Profiles in Jazz – The Syncopated Times |url=https://syncopatedtimes.com/glenn-miller-profiles-in-jazz/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> Gunther Schuller praised Teagarden's ability to combine technical brilliance with emotional depth.<ref name=":1" />

In the years following his passing, the legacy of his recordings and performances remained.<ref name=":4" /> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' highlighted his contributions to the trombone's role within jazz ensembles, and his recordings, including collaborations with Louis Armstrong, are considered to be substantially important to jazz history.<ref name=":5" />

In 1969 Jack Teagarden was inducted into the [[DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame|''DownBeat'' Jazz Hall of Fame]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=DownBeat Archives |url=https://downbeat.com/archives/detail/downbeat-hall-of-fame |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=downbeat.com}}</ref> and the [[Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame]] in 1985.