Clark Terry | |
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 Terry at the 1981 Monterey Jazz Festival (Photo: Brian McMillen). | |
| Background information | |
| Born | December 14, 1920 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | February 21, 2015 (aged 94) Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, swing, bebop, hard bop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
| Years active | 1940s–2015 |
| Labels | Prestige, Pablo, Candid, Mainstream, Impulse! |
| Website | clarkterry |
Clark Terry (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–1951), Duke Ellington (1951–1959) and Quincy Jones (1960). Terry's career in jazz spans more than seventy years and he is one of the most recorded of jazz musicians.
Terry was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Vashon High School. Terry died on February 21, 2015 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas from complications from diabetes, aged 94.
