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 ...
I Won't DanceCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
5:00
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
Just Squeeze MeTerry Gibbs, Clark Terry and The Swing Fever Big Band
Blue MoonClark Terry, Red Mitchell and Horace Parlan
Brahms Lullabye
7:26
You Go to My HeadThe Swing Fever Big Band and Clark Terry
5:33
TenderlyCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
4:22
