Teddy McRae (January 22, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger.
McRae was born in Waycross, Georgia in January 22, 1908, and was brought up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He subsequently performed with Charlie Johnson, Elmer Snowden (1932), Stuff Smith (1934), Lil Armstrong (1935), and Chick Webb (1936-39), the last as both a soloist and arranger.
After Webb's death, he became musical director for the orchestra during its tenure of Ella Fitzgerald's leadership (1939–41).
It was short-lived, however, leading McRae to shift much of his work to arranging in subsequent decades, although he did record with Champion Jack Dupree in 1955 and 1956.