# Jack Jenney

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{{short description|American jazz trombonist (1910–1945)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Jack Jenney
| birth_name       = Truman Eliot Jenney
| birth_date       = May 12, 1910
| birth_place      = [Mason City, Iowa](/source/Mason_City%2C_Iowa), U.S.
| death_date       = December 16, 1945 (aged 35)
| death_place      = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), U.S.
| genre            = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| instruments      = [Trombone](/source/Trombone), [trumpet](/source/trumpet)
| spouse      = {{marriage|[Kay Thompson](/source/Kay_Thompson)|1937|1939|end=divorced}}
}}

'''Truman Eliot''' "'''Jack'''" '''Jenney''' (May 12, 1910 – December 16, 1945)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing)|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1279}}</ref> was an American jazz trombonist.

== Early life ==
Born in [Mason City, Iowa](/source/Mason_City%2C_Iowa),<ref name="LarkinGE" /> Jenney first played trumpet, then switched to trombone.<ref name="Grove">{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Jenney, Jack [Truman Elliot] |year=2003 |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J229000 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Irvin |first=Sam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CW_6bTRqoxUC&dq=Jack+Jenney&pg=PA46 |title=Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise |date=2011-11-15 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4391-7654-2 |language=en}}</ref> His father was a musician and music teacher.<ref name="AM" /> Jenney performed in his father's band from age 11, but his professional work began with [Austin Wylie](/source/Austin_Wylie) in 1928.<ref name="AM" /> 

== Career ==
During his career, Jenney worked with [Isham Jones](/source/Isham_Jones), [Red Norvo](/source/Red_Norvo), [Artie Shaw](/source/Artie_Shaw), [Mal Hallett](/source/Mal_Hallett), and [Waring's Pennsylvanians](/source/Fred_Waring). He appeared in the film ''[Syncopation](/source/Syncopation_(1942_film))''.<ref name="AM">[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p8863/biography|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic] biography</ref> He has been called "the greatest trombonist of the Big Band era"{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} and won the ''[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat)'' Reader's Poll for trombone in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.downbeat.com/artists/artist_main.asp?sect=archives&sub=stories&subid=746&aid=713&photo=&aname=Down+Beat+Readers+Poll |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-11-19 |archive-date=2006-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061122160658/http://www.downbeat.com/artists/artist_main.asp?sect=archives&sub=stories&subid=746&aid=713&photo=&aname=Down%20Beat%20Readers%20Poll |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He led his own band for a year in 1938 and 1939, but it was a financial failure. He was drafted into the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) in 1943, but also played as a studio musician the following year.<ref name="Grove" /> 

== Death ==
He died on December 16, 1945, in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), from complications following an [appendectomy](/source/appendectomy).<ref name="LarkinGE" /><ref name="Grove" /><ref name="AM" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.garyolsen.com/jenneyfest/ Memories of the First Annual Jack Jenney Jazz Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426081701/http://www.garyolsen.com/jenneyfest/ |date=2016-04-26 }}

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