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Theodore Gerald Roy, born April 9, 1905 in Du Quoin, Illinois began his musical career playing cornet before switching to piano. He first played in the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra, and then with Jean Goldkette and Frankie Trumbauer early in his career.

While in Boston, Massachusetts in 1933 he played with Bobby Hackett and Pee Wee Russell, then led his own band around the state in 1934. Following this, he worked in various dance bands in New York City in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Serving in the Army from 1943 to 1945, Teddy went on to play with Max Kaminsky and the new version of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band with Eddie Edwards and Wild Bill Davison. From 1946 to 1959, he played mostly freelance in New York City and on Long Island, New York. Among those he played with were Russell, Kaminsky, Miff Mole, and Wingy Manone. He also did solo work in the 1950s.

Pianist Teddy Roy died on August 31, 1966 in New York City.

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