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 ...
Just FriendsDizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard and Bobby Durham
Catch Me!
11:58
TenderlyTony Scott, Bill Evans and Clark Terry
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
4:37
Autumn LeavesJazz at the Philharmonic, Roy Eldridge, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Pass, Benny Carter, Keter Betts, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims
Portraits
18:00
When Lights Are LowJ.A.T.P. All-Stars and Clark Terry
Return To Happiness: Jazz At The Philharmonic, Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, 1983
3:18
TenderlyCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
4:22
Squeeze MeDavid Friesen, Bud Shank and Clark Terry
The Fabulous Bud Shank Quartet
10:17
