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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 ...
Blue MoonClark Terry, Red Mitchell and Horace Parlan
Brahms Lullabye
7:26
When It's Sleepy Time Down SouthCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
Portraits
3:26
Autumn in New YorkCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
5:34
TenderlyTony Scott, Bill Evans and Clark Terry
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
4:37
You Go To My HeadTerry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Clark Terry, The Swing Fever Big Band and Jackie Ryan
5:46
StardustClark Terry
Serenade to a Bus Seat
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