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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 ...
Work SongJoe Williams, Phil Bodner, Urbie Green, Jerome Richardson, Bernie Leighton, Kenny Burrell, Clark Terry and Phil Woods
Time Further Out
2:30
Just Squeeze MeTerry Gibbs, Clark Terry and The Swing Fever Big Band
You Go To My HeadTerry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Clark Terry, The Swing Fever Big Band and Jackie Ryan
5:46
I Won't DanceCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
5:00
When It's Sleepy Time Down SouthCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
Portraits
3:26
TenderlyCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
4:22
