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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 ...
Prelude to a KissClark Terry and Red Mitchell
4:50
Work SongJoe Williams, Phil Bodner, Urbie Green, Jerome Richardson, Bernie Leighton, Kenny Burrell, Clark Terry and Phil Woods
Time Further Out
2:30
Darn That DreamClifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson and Clark Terry
Clifford Brown - Max Roach
5:18
The Nearness of YouClark Terry
Having Fun
6:04
Just Squeeze MeTerry Gibbs, Clark Terry and The Swing Fever Big Band
Live in Holland 1979
TenderlyTony Scott, Bill Evans and Clark Terry
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
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