Clark Terry
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.
Clark Terry | |
|---|---|
 Terry at the 1981 Monterey Jazz Festival (Photo: Brian McMillen). | |
| Background information | |
| Born | December 14, 1920 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | February 21, 2015 (aged 94) Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, swing, bebop, hard bop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
| Years active | 1940s–2015 |
| Labels | Prestige, Pablo, Candid, Mainstream, Impulse! |
| Associated acts | Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Bob Brookmeyer, Clifford Brown, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, J.J. Johnson, Quincy Jones, Yusef Lateef, Charles Mingus, Blue Mitchell, Oliver Nelson, Oscar Peterson, Lalo Schifrin, Billy Taylor |
| Website | clarkterry |
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–1951), Duke Ellington (1951–1959) and Quincy Jones (1960). Terry's career in jazz spans more than seventy years and he is one of the most recorded of jazz musicians.
Terry was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Vashon High School. Terry died on February 21, 2015 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas from complications from diabetes, aged 94.[1]
Clark Terry Media
Terry at the 1981 Monterey Jazz Festival
Terry in New York City, 1976
Terry performing at the White House with singer Nnenna Freelon in 2006
Terry performing with the Great Lakes Navy Band Jazz Ensemble
References
- ↑ THR Staff, Marc Schneider, Billboard. "Jazz Musician Clark Terry Dies at 94)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Other websites
Media related to Clark Terry at Wikimedia Commons
- Terry's Official Website
- Terry at Allmusic
- "Profile: Clark Terry" Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine by Arnold Jay Smith (www.jazz.com Archived 2015-10-21 at the Wayback Machine)
- Clark Terry's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
This short article about a person from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.