Terry Teachout è nato il 6 febbraio 1956. Luogo di nascita: Usa. È stata sposato con Hilary Dyson e Liz Cullers. Morì il 13 gennaio 2022. Luogo di morte: Usa.
(2015-2016 season) His play, "Satchmo at the Waldorf," was performed at the Court Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Barry Shabaka Henley (Louis Armstrong and others) in the cast.
He started out as a musician, playing bass in country bands and jazz groups in Missouri. He began writing classical music reviews while in college, then worked as a bank teller by day, a jazz musician at night and a writer on the side.