Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington (1951–59), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). He was with The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1972. His career in jazz spanned more than 70 years, during which he became one of the most recorded jazz musicians, appearing on over 900 recordings. Terry also mentored Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, and Terri Lyne Carrington.
Genre: jazz-trumpet
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Top Tracks
- Donna Lee
- Stardust
- Serenade To A Bus Seat
- Digits
- Boomerang
- That Old Black Magic
- Boardwalk
- Cruising
- Closing Remarks - God Save the Queen
- Jam with Sam
- Warm Valley
- Take the a Train
- Blue Jean Beguine
- Duet
- All the Things You Are: Very Warm for May: All the Things You Are
- The Hawk Talks
- Isle of Capri Mambo
- The Bunny Hop Mambo
- Caravan
- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Albums (40)
- On Riverside: Clark Terry (2023)
- Showcase (Live Chicago '89) (2023)
- Live in Holland 1979 (2022)
- The King of Jazz (Remastered) (2021)
- Intimate Stories (2021)
- Shades of Blues (2021)
- The Incomparable (2015)
- Express (2015)
- Clark After Dark (The Balled Artistry of Clark Terry) (2015)
- Wham (Live at Jazzhouse Hamburg) (2014)
- One Special Night (2013)
- The Chicago Sessions (2012)
- End Play (2011)
- Remember the Time (75th Anniversary of Clark Terry) (2007)
- Jazz Matinee (Live) (2007)
- Clark Terry's Big-B-A-D-Band Live! (2007)
- Serenade To A Bus Seat [Keepnews Collection] (2007)
- Live At Montmartre (2003)
- OW (Live) (2003)
- Uh! Oh! (1970)
- Daylight Express (1998)
- The Songs Ella & Louis Sang (1997)
- Clark Terry (1997)
- Live at the Village Gate: The Second Set (1995)
- Jesper Thilo Quartet & Clark Terry (1994)
- Music in The Garden (1993)
- Live at the Village Gate (1991)
- The Trumpet Kings At Montreux 1975 (1990)
- Terry, Clark: Having Fun (1990)
- Portraits (1989)
- Live At The Village Vanguard (1970)
- Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry (1975)
- It's What's Happenin' - The Varitone Sound Of Clark Terry (1967)
- Spanish Rice (1966)
- Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One (1964)
- The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry (1970)
- 3 in Jazz (Remastered) (1963)
- Color Changes (Remastered) (1961)
- In Orbit (Reissue) (1970)
- Duke With A Difference (1957)
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