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American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015)

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Clark Terry was an American trumpeter, flugelhorn player, composer, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in St. Louis on December 14, 1920, he performed jazz, swing, bebop, and hard bop. He recorded for Impulse!, Prestige, and Candid Records. His notable works include the titles *Seeing Jazz*, *Seeing jazz*, and *Clark*.

Terry received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, and the NEA Jazz Masters award. He died of natural causes due to diabetes on February 21, 2015, in Pine Bluff. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Seeing Jazz
  • Seeing jazz
  • Clark

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Film & TV

Acting · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) 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), Duke Ellington (1951–59), 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…

Known for

  • Keep On Keepin' On — Self2014
  • Jazz Icons: Oscar Peterson Live in '63, '64 & '65 — Self2008
  • This Is Gary McFarland — Self2006
  • Clark Terry: Live in Concert2001
  • The Miles Davis Story — Self2001
  • Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs — Self1990
  • A Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis — Self1989
  • Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Clark Terry (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–1951), Duke Ellington (1951–1959), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964-1996). He also appeared on record with Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Dizzy Gillespie. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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