Brad Terry

Brad Terry
Background information
Born (1937-06-09) June 9, 1937 (age 89)
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
GenreJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentClarinet

Brad Terry (born June 9, 1937) is an American jazz clarinetist and whistler.

Early life

Terry was born on June 9th, 1937 in Stamford, Connecticut. He was raised in both New London, Connecticut and North Stamford, Connecticut. According to his older brother, Terry was a whistler as a young boy. At 13, he got into clarinet due to his mother, who was offered to get him one as Terry already played the recorder. He learned the clarinet due to the pitch rather than finger movement.

Benny Goodman, Eddie Daniels, and Buddy DeFranco are some of his inspirations. Goodman was a neighbor of Terry when he lived in Connecticut.

Career

He recorded the albums The Living Room Tapes, Vol. 1 and The Living Room Tapes, Vol. 2 with guitarist Lenny Breau between October 1978 and January 1982. Terry released the albums in 1986 and 1990 respectively after Breau's death in 1984. He has played with Buck Clayton, Dizzy Gillespie, Roger Kellaway, Red Mitchell, Steve Swallow, and Buddy Tate and has taught workshops in Poland.

In 2015, Terry wrote a book called "I Feel More Like I Do Now That I Did Yesterday" about his personal life. He has ADD and dyslexia.

Terry currently lives in Bath, Maine. For the past 25 years, Terry made a six-week summer camp in Maine where he picked 16 boys to learn and practice music.

Discography

Video

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Acoustic Concert - June". SAGADAHOC PRESERVATION. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  2. ↑ Video on YouTube
  3. ↑ Terry, Brad (January 1, 2025). I Feel More Like I Do Now Than I Did Yesterday (A Collection of Remembered Stories). p. 12. ISBN 978-1329099579. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ Terry, Brad. "I Feel More Like I Do Now Than I Did Yesterday A Collection of Remembered Stories by Brad Terry". SeacoastJazz. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 MacDonald, Terry. "Brad Terry". Seacoast Jazz Society. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Darnaby, Frederick. "The Whistling Podcast". Castro. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  7. ↑ Darnaby, Frederick. "The Whistling Podcast". Castro. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Acoustic Concert - June". SAGADAHOC PRESERVATION. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  9. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "The Living Room Tapes". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  10. 1 2 Fishell, Darren (6 June 2015). "Will the music stop for Maine jazz legend Brad Terry?". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Darnaby, Frederick. "The Whistling Podcast". Castro. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Jazz clarinetist and virtuoso whistler to perform at PMAC". Seacoast Jazz. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  13. ↑ "I Feel More Like I Do Now Than I Did Yesterday A Collection of Remembered Stories by Brad Terry". Seacoast Jazz. Retrieved May 2, 2026.