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Clark Terry

Clark Terry
Terry at the 1981 Monterey Jazz Festival
Terry at the 1981 Monterey Jazz Festival
Background information
Birth nameClark Virgil Terry Jr.
Born(1920-12-14)December 14, 1920
St. Louis, Missouri, US
DiedFebruary 21, 2015(2015-02-21) (aged 94)
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, US
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
Instruments
Years active1940s–2015
Labels
Websiteclarkterry.com

Clark Virgil Terry Jr.[1] (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015)[2] was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.

He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51),[3] Duke Ellington (1951–59),[3] Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). He was with The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1972. His career in jazz spanned more than 70 years, during which he became one of the most recorded jazz musicians, appearing on over 900 recordings. Terry also mentored Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, and Terri Lyne Carrington.[4]

  1. ^ "Clark Terry (1920–2015)". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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  4. ^ Terry, C. Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry, University of California Press (2011).

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