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JENNEY, Truman Eliot "Jack" ( | JENNEY, Truman Eliot "Jack" (Mason City, Iowa, May 12, 1910– Los Angeles, California, 1945) Musician. Jenney, a jazz trombonist who was best known for instrumental versions of the song ''Stardust,'' was one of the United States' top musicians of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Mason City, he moved to Dubuque with his family in 1910 and attended [[PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]] and [[FRANKLIN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL]]. Jenney played with his father's band from age eleven. He first played professionally at the age of thirteen with "Art Braun and his Novelty Boys," a Dubuque jazz band. He would go on to work with Isham Jones, Red Norvo, Artie Shaw, Mal Hallett, and Waring's Pennsylvanians, and appear in the film ''Syncopation''. He won the ''Down Beat'' Reader's Poll for trombone in 1940. | ||
Jenney led his own band for a year in 1939-40, which included Peanuts Hucko, Paul Fredricks, and Hugo Winterhalter. Although this band received good reviews it was a financial failure. He was drafted into the United States Navy. After his return he died of complications related to appendicitis. | |||
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JENNEY, Truman Eliot "Jack" (Mason City, Iowa, May 12, 1910– Los Angeles, California, 1945) Musician. Jenney, a jazz trombonist who was best known for instrumental versions of the song Stardust, was one of the United States' top musicians of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Mason City, he moved to Dubuque with his family in 1910 and attended PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and FRANKLIN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Jenney played with his father's band from age eleven. He first played professionally at the age of thirteen with "Art Braun and his Novelty Boys," a Dubuque jazz band. He would go on to work with Isham Jones, Red Norvo, Artie Shaw, Mal Hallett, and Waring's Pennsylvanians, and appear in the film Syncopation. He won the Down Beat Reader's Poll for trombone in 1940.
Jenney led his own band for a year in 1939-40, which included Peanuts Hucko, Paul Fredricks, and Hugo Winterhalter. Although this band received good reviews it was a financial failure. He was drafted into the United States Navy. After his return he died of complications related to appendicitis.