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Clark Terry

Jazz
Hard bop
Big band
A legendary trumpeter who played with some of the great St. Louis big bands of the 1940s and '50s, Clark Terry mentored a new generation of stars including Miles Davis and Quincy Jones and was said by Dizzy Gillespie to make "the happiest sound in jazz." Born into a poor family in Missouri, Terry was one of 11 children and couldn't afford trumpet lessons, so instead learned second-hand from the local kids who could. He went on to play in the US Navy band during WWII and gave up a promising career as a boxer to become a sideman in the Count Basie Orchestra, also playing with Duke ...
Songs
Work Song
Work SongJoe Williams, Phil Bodner, Urbie Green, Jerome Richardson, Bernie Leighton, Kenny Burrell, Clark Terry and Phil Woods

Time Further Out

2:30

East of the Sun
East of the SunClark Terry, Etta Jones and Clark Terry Quintet

Live on QE2

5:19

Darn That Dream
Darn That DreamClifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson and Clark Terry

Clifford Brown - Max Roach

5:18

Don't Blame Me
Don't Blame MeClark Terry

Having Fun

6:43

Autumn Leaves
Autumn LeavesTerry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Clark Terry, The Swing Fever Big Band and Jackie Ryan

6:03

Tenderly
TenderlyTony Scott, Bill Evans and Clark Terry

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

4:37

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