Terry Teachout est né le 6 février 1956 dans le Missouri, États-Unis. Il était marié à Hilary Dyson et Liz Cullers. Il est mort le 13 janvier 2022 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis.
(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.
