associated_acts death_date death_place years_active alias birth_place article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
lionel , kid ory hampton , benny carter orchestra , t-bone walker 22 september 1994 los angeles , california 1924 -- 1981 teddy buckner sherman , texas teddy buckner
 teddy buckner non_vocal_instrumentalist 16 july 1909 trumpet jazz , dixieland , jump blues , swing united states john edward buckner musician , actor
teddy buckner

teddy buckner -lrb- july 16 , 1909 in sherman , texas -- september 22 , 1994 in los angeles , california -rrb- was a jazz trumpeter associated with dixieland music .
early in his career buckner played with sonny clay .
he worked with buck clayton in shanghai in 1934 and later worked with benny carter among others .
from 1949 to 1954 he worked in kid ory 's band , which was perhaps the closest to the style he preferred .
in the late 1950s his work with sidney bechet in france made him popular there but prior going to france , he recorded the sound track of the movie `` king creole '' with elvis presley in 1958 .
from 1965 to 1981 he performed traditional jazz band at disneyland 's new orleans square .
in addition to this he worked with blues musician t-bone walker and did some acting .
this included an uncredited role in `` they shoot horses , do n't they ? ''
he played cornet in a few of his film roles .
