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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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Work SongJoe Williams, Phil Bodner, Urbie Green, Jerome Richardson, Bernie Leighton, Kenny Burrell, Clark Terry and Phil Woods
Time Further Out
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Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)Clark Terry
Squeeze Me
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Autumn LeavesJazz at the Philharmonic, Roy Eldridge, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Pass, Benny Carter, Keter Betts, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims
Portraits
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Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to YouCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison
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StardustClark Terry
Serenade to a Bus Seat
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