Clark Terry
b. 14 December 1920, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Terry gained invaluable experience playing trumpet in local bands, but developed his remarkable technique while in the US Navy. As he recalled for jazz writer Steve Voce, he practised using a clarinet book, preferring the more fluid sound this generated in his playing. After his military service he joined Charlie Barnet, then became a mainstay of the Count Basie band for three years until 1951, when he joined Duke Ellington for an eight-year stint. At the end of the 50s he went into studio work in New York City, becoming one of the first black musicians regularly to be employed in this way. For a dozen years he was featured in the Doc Severinsen band, which played on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. During this time he continued to play in jazz groups for club and record dates, working with Bob Brookmeyer, J.J. Johnson and others, and also leading his own "Big B-A-D Band", which featured many leading New York session men. In the early 70s Terry became a member of Norman Granz's Pablo edition of Jazz At The Philharmonic, and began playing flgelhorn, eventually making this his principal instrument. The 70s and 80s found him touring extensively, playing concerts, clubs and festivals around the world, usually as leader but ably blending in with almost any background from late swing style to post-bop.
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Albums
- (2007) Serenade To A Bus Seat [Keepnews Collection]
- (2007) Clark Terry's Big-B-A-D-Band Live!
- (2006) Clark After Dark
- (2006) The Alternate Blues
- (2004) Spanish Rice
- (2004) Clark Terry
- (1998) Daylight Express
- (1994) The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry
Top Tracks
- Macarena
- Angel Eyes
- Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)
- Stardust
- Echoes Of Harlem
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