Ted Dunbar
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Ted Dunbar (born 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas; died June 12, 1998) was a jazz guitarist, educator, and writer. He published four volumes on jazz. He was also a trained pharmacist, but by the 1970s only did pharmacy work part-time. He became interested in jazz at age seven and in the 1950s he joined several groups while studying pharmacy at Texas Southern University. At one point he received accolades from Ebony (magazine) and Down Beat Later he would be influenced by Wes Montgomery and modal jazz. In 1966 he moved to New York City and gained more experience.[1] In 1972 he became the first jazz professor at Rutgers University and taught Kevin Eubanks as well as many others. He died in 1998 of a stroke.[2]
