Humphrey "Teddy" Brannon (September 27, 1916, Moultrie, Georgia – February 24, 1989, Newark, New Jersey) was an American jazz and blues pianist.
He played in dance bands in high school and worked locally in nightclubs in Newark from 1937 to 1942.
[1] From the mid-1940s to 1950, Brannon led his own groups in New York, while performing as a sideman at sessions led by Rubberlegs Williams (1945),[1] with whom he recorded "Bring It On Home," featuring an 18-year old Miles Davis on trumpet, Don Byas (1946),[1] and Dinah Washington (1947–8).
[1] Washington recorded several songs with the Teddy Brannon Quartet, including "Stairway to the Stars," "I Love You, Yes I Do," and "I Wish I Knew the Name of the Boy."
[1] He also accompanied singers such as Ruth Brown, Billie Holiday, Babs Gonzales (Brannon's cousin).