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Clark Terry
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 ...
When It's Sleepy Time Down SouthCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
Portraits
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East of the SunClark Terry, Etta Jones and Clark Terry Quintet
Live on QE2
5:19
Autumn LeavesJazz at the Philharmonic, Roy Eldridge, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Pass, Benny Carter, Keter Betts, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims
Portraits
18:00
Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)Clark Terry
Squeeze Me
6:17
But BeautifulClark Terry, Shirley Horn and Clark Terry Quintet
Live on QE2
7:59
Just FriendsDizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard and Bobby Durham
Catch Me!
11:58
