Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American
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flugelhorn
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Duke Ellington
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Oscar Peterson
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(1964–96). He was with
The Tonight Show Band
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on '' The Tonight Show'' from 1962 to 1972. His career in jazz spanned more than 70 years, during which he became one of the most recorded jazz musicians, appearing on over 900 recordings. Terry also mentored Quincy Jones,
Miles Davis
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,
Herbie Hancock
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Pat Metheny
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(2011).
Early life
Terry was born to Clark Virgil Terry Sr. and Mary Terry in St. Louis,
Missouri
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, on December 14, 1920.Yanow, Scott Clark Terry biographyat Allmusic. He attended Vashon High School and began his professional career in the early 1940s, playing in local clubs. He served as a bandsman in the
United States Navy
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during
World War II
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Blending the St. Louis tone with contemporary styles, Terry's years with Basie and Ellington (who secretly recruited Terry away from Basie) in the late 1940s and 1950s established his prominence. During his period with Ellington, he took part in many of the composer's suites and acquired a reputation for his wide range of styles (from
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* Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus
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to hard bop), technical proficiency, and good humor. Terry influenced musicians including
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...
and Quincy Jones, both of whom acknowledged Terry's influence during the early stages of their careers. Terry had informally taught Davis while they were still in St Louis, and Jones during Terry's frequent visits to
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with the Count Basie Sextet.
After leaving Ellington in 1959, Clark's international recognition soared when he accepted an offer from the
National Broadcasting Company
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(NBC) to become a staff musician. He appeared for ten years on '' The Tonight Show'' as a member of
the Tonight Show Band
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until 1972, first led by Skitch Henderson and later by Doc Severinsen, where his unique "mumbling" scat singing led to a hit with "Mumbles". Terry was the first African American to become a regular in a band on a major US television network. He said later: "We had to be models, because I knew we were in a test.... We couldn't have a speck on our trousers. We couldn't have a wrinkle in the clothes. We couldn't have a dirty shirt."
Terry continued to play with musicians such as trombonist
J. J. Johnson
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Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop.
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and pianist
Oscar Peterson
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, and led a group with valve-trombonist Bob Brookmeyer that achieved some success in the early 1960s. In February 1965, Brookmeyer and Terry appeared on BBC2's '' Jazz 625''. and in 1967, presented by Norman Granz, he was recorded at
Poplar Town Hall
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, in the BBC series ''Jazz at the Philharmonic'', alongside James Moody,
Dizzy Gillespie
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Bob Cranshaw
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,
Louie Bellson
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and
T-Bone Walker
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.
In the 1970s, Terry concentrated increasingly on the flugelhorn, which he played with a full, ringing tone. In addition to his studio work and teaching at jazz workshops, Terry toured regularly in the 1980s with small groups (including Peterson's) and performed as the leader of his Big B-A-D Band (formed about 1970). After financial difficulties forced him to break up the Big B-A-D Band, he performed with bands such as the Unifour Jazz Ensemble. His humor and command of jazz trumpet styles are apparent in his "dialogues" with himself, on different instruments or on the same instrument, muted and unmuted.
Later career
From the 1970s through the 1990s, Terry performed at
Carnegie Hall
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, Town Hall, and
Lincoln Center
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, toured with the Newport Jazz All Stars and Jazz at the Philharmonic, and was featured with Skitch Henderson's New York Pops Orchestra. In 1998, Terry recorded
George Gershwin
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George Gershwin
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, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.
In November 1980, he was a headliner along with Anita O'Day,
Lionel Hampton
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and Ramsey Lewis during the opening two-week ceremony performances celebrating the short-lived resurgence of the Blue Note Lounge at the Marriott O'Hare Hotel near Chicago.
Prompted early in his career by Billy Taylor, Clark and Milt Hinton bought instruments for and gave instruction to young hopefuls, which planted the seed that became Jazz Mobile in Harlem. This venture tugged at Terry's greatest love: involving youth in the perpetuation of jazz. From 2000 onwards, he hosted Clark Terry Jazz Festivals on land and sea, held his own jazz camps, and appeared in more than fifty jazz festivals on six continents. Terry composed more than two hundred jazz songs and performed for eight
U.S. Presidents
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.
He also had several recordings with major groups including the
London Symphony Orchestra
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, the Dutch Metropole Orchestra, and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, hundreds of high school and college ensembles, his own duos, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, octets, and two big bands: Clark Terry's Big Bad Band and Clark Terry's Young Titans of Jazz.
In February 2004, Terry guest starred as himself, on '' Little Bill'', a children's television series. Terry was a resident of Bayside, Queens, and Corona, Queens, New York, later moving to Haworth, New Jersey, and then Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
His autobiography was published in 2011.
Taylor Ho Bynum
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wrote in ''
The New Yorker
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'' that it "captures his gift for storytelling and his wry humor, especially in chronicling his early years on the road, with struggles through segregation and gigs in juke joints and carnivals, all while developing one of most distinctive improvisational voices in music history."
According to his own website Terry was "one of the most recorded jazz artists in history and had performed for eight American Presidents." Capable of articulating notes with stunning rapidity, Terry was also an expert with the difficult technique called circular breathing, which allows a wind instrumentalist to play continuous long notes or extended phrases without having to interrupt the musical flow to take a breath. In 1976 he published his ''Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing for Woodwind and Brass Instruments''.
In April 2014, the documentary ''Keep on Keepin' On'', followed Terry over four years, to document his mentorship of the 23-year-old blind piano prodigy
Justin Kauflin
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Career
Justin Kauflin was born in Silver Spring, Maryland
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, as Kauflin prepared to compete in an elite, international competition.
In December 2014 the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
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with Wynton Marsalis and Cécile McLorin Salvant visited Terry, who had celebrated his 94th birthday on December 14, at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center. A lively rendition of "Happy Birthday" was played.
Death and tributes
On February 13, 2015, it was announced that Terry had entered
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care to manage his advanced
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. He died on February 21, 2015.
Writing in ''
The New York Times
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'', Peter Keepnews said Terry "was acclaimed for his impeccable musicianship, loved for his playful spirit and respected for his adaptability. Although his sound on both trumpet and the rounder-toned flugelhorn (which he helped popularize as a jazz instrument) was highly personal and easily identifiable, he managed to fit it snugly into a wide range of musical contexts."
Writing in UK's ''
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It was f ...
'', Martin Chilton said: "Terry was a music educator and had a deep and lasting influence on the course of jazz. Terry became a mentor to generations of jazz players, including Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis and composer-arranger Quincy Jones."
Interviewing Terry in 2005, fellow jazz trumpeter Scotty Barnhart said he was "... one of the most incredibly versatile musicians to ever live ... a jazz trumpet master that played with the greatest names in the history of the music ..."
Southeast Missouri State University
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hosts the Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival, an annual tribute to the musician. The festival began in 1998, and has grown in size every year. The festival showcases outstanding student musicians and guest artists at the university's River Campus.
The University of New Hampshire hosts the Clark Terry Jazz Festival every year; it showcases middle- and high-school jazz musicians from all over New England.
Awards and honors
Over 250 awards, medals and honors, including:
* Induction into the
Jazz at Lincoln Center
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Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame (2013)
* The 2010
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, two Grammy certificates, three Grammy nominations
* Induction into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
* The
National Endowment for the Arts
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Jazz Master Award (1991)
* In 1988 an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.
* Sixteen
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s
* Keys to several cities
* Jazz Ambassador for
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tours in the Middle East and Africa
* A
knighthood
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in Germany
*
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, presented by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity in (1985). Terry was awarded honorary membership in the Fraternity by the Beta Zeta Chapter at the College of Emporia (1968).
* An honorary member of the Iota Phi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity (2011), at the
University of New Hampshire
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NARAS
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Present's Merit Award (2005)
* Trumpeter of the Year by the
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EmArcy
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During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, ...
Color Changes
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, 1961) – recorded in 1960
* ''
Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American
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Columbia
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, 1963) – recorded in 1962
* ''Tread Ye Lightly'' (Cameo, 1964)
* ''What Makes Sammy Swing'' (
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The Power of Positive Swinging
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Tonight
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'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1965) – recorded in 1964
* '' Gingerbread Men'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1966)
* '' Mumbles'' (Mainstream, 1966)
* '' Spanish Rice'' with Chico O'Farrill (Impulse!, 1966)
* ''
It's What's Happenin'
''It's What's Happenin (subtitled ''The Varitone Sound of Clark Terry'') is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.
'' (Impulse!, 1967)
* '' Soul Duo'' with Shirley Scott (Impulse!, 1967)
* ''At the Montreux Jazz Festival'' (Polydor, 1970) – recorded in 1969
* ''In Concert: Live'' (Etoile, 1973)
* ''Previously Unreleased Recordings'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1974)
* ''Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival'' (Vanguard, 1975)
* '' Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry'' with
Oscar Peterson
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( Pablo, 1975)
* ''Wham/Live at the Jazz House'' (MPS, 1976)
* ''Professor Jive'' (Inner City, 1976)
* ''The Globetrotter'' (Vanguard, 1977)
* ''Clark After Dark: The Ballad Artistry of Clark Terry'' (MPS, 1978)
* '' Ain't Misbehavin''' (Pablo, 1979)
* '' Mother ! Mother !'' with Zoot Sims (Pablo, 1980) – recorded in 1979
* '' Memories of Duke'' (Pablo, 1980)
* ''Yes, the Blues'' (Pablo, 1981)
* ''To Duke and Basie'' (Enja, 1986)
* ''Live 1964'' (Emerald, 1987) – live recorded in 1964
* ''Portraits'' (Chesky, 1989)
* ''Squeeze Me'' (Chiaroscuro, 1989)
* ''Having Fun'' (Delos, 1990)
* ''Live at the Village Gate'' (Chesky, 1991)
* ''Music in the Garden'' (Jazz Heritage, 1993)
* ''What a Wonderful World'' (Red Baron, 1993)
* ''Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Clark Terry'' (Jazz Alliance, 1994)
* ''Mellow Moods'' (Prestige, 1994)
* ''Big Band Basie'' with Frank Wess (Reference, 1995)
* ''The Second Set: Recorded Live at the Village Gate'' (Chesky, 1995)
* ''Clark Terry with Peewee Claybrook and Swing Fever'' (D'Note, 1995)
* ''Live in Chicago Vol. 1'' (Monad, 1995)
* ''Live in Chicago Vol. 2'' (Monad, 1995)
* ''Top and Bottom'' (Chiaroscuro, 1995)
* ''Clark Terry Express'' (Reference, 1996)
* ''The Songs Ella and Louis Sang'' with Carol Sloane (Concord Jazz, 1997)
* ''One on One'' (Chesky, 2000)
* ''The Hymn'' (Candid, 2001) – live recorded in 1993
* ''Live in Concert'' (Image, 2001)
* ''Friendship with Max Roach'' (Columbia, 2002)
* ''Live on QE2'' (Chiaroscuro, 2002)
* ''George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess'' (Americana, 2004)
* ''Live at Marihans'' (Chiaroscuro, 2005)
* ''Louie and Clark Expedition 2'' with Louie Bellson (Percussion Power, 2008)
* ''Carnegie Blues: The Music of Duke Ellington'' (Squatty Roo, 2015)
As sideman
With
Gene Ammons
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Lonesome Traveler
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Trane Whistle
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'' (Prestige, 1960)
* ''
Afro-Jaws
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Ellington at Newport
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'' (Columbia, 1956)
* ''
Such Sweet Thunder
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Ellington Indigos
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'' (Columbia, 1958) – recorded in 1957
* ''
Black, Brown and Beige
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Blues in Orbit
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With
Stan Getz
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Dizzy Gillespie
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* ''
Gillespiana
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The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
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'' (Pablo, 1974)
* ''
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
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The Big Soul-Band
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Creamy
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'' (Norgran, 1955)
* ''
Ellingtonia '56
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For Someone I Love
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J. J. Johnson
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Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop.
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J.J.!
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Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars.
Track lis ...
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* '' Goodies'' (RCA Victor, 1965)
* '' Concepts in Blue'' (Pablo Today, 1981) – recorded in 1980
With Quincy Jones
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The Birth of a Band!
''The Birth of a Band!'' is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances by Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, and Phil Woods.
'' (Mercury, 1959)
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I Dig Dancers
''I Dig Dancers'' is an album Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances recorded in Paris and New York City.
'' (Mercury, 1961) – recorded in 1960
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The Quintessence
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Jones's band was an outgrowth o ...
Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
''Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini'' is an album by Quincy Jones that contains music composed by Henry Mancini.
Track listing
All music composed by Henry Mancini, lyricists indicated
# "Baby Elephant Walk" – 2:49
# " Charade" ...
Mundell Lowe
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He produced film and TV scores in the 1970s, such as the '' Billy Jack'' soundtra ...
Charles Mingus
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Gerry Mulligan
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Impressions of Phaedra
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Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle
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The Sound of Feeling
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'' (Verve, 1968) – recorded in 1966-67
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Oscar Peterson
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The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
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Dave Pike
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Jazz for the Jet Set
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New Fantasy
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Concord
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Meaning "agreement"
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* Harmony, in music
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My Kinda Swing
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Track listing
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Bobo's Beat
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Reception
The AllMusic review by John Bush state ...
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Gary Burton
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Charlie Byrd
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Byrd at the Gate
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Art Farmer
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Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Homage to Duke
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Chico Hamilton
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The Further Adventures of El Chico
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Lionel Hampton
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Friends Old and New
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The Yellow Canary
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The Soul of Hollywood
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Some Blues
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Sonny Rollins
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Uhuru Afrika
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* ''Let's Talk Trumpet: From Legit to Jazz'' (with Phil Rizzo), 1973
* ''Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing for Woodwind and Brass Instruments'' (with Phil Rizzo), 1975
* ''Interpretation of the Jazz Language'', Bedford, Ohio: M. A. S. Publishing Company, 1977
* ''TerryTunes'', anthology of 60 original compositions (1st edn, 1972; 2nd edn w/doodle-tonguing chapter, 2009)
* "Clark Terry – Jazz Ambassador: C.T.'s Diary" over portrait '' Jazz Journal International'' 31 (May 6, 1978): pp. 7–8.
* "Jazz for the Record" lark Terry Archive at William Paterson University ''
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* Beach, Doug, "Clark Terry and the St. Louis Trumpet Sound", ''Instrumentalist'' 45 (April 1991): 8–12.
* Bernotas, Bob, "Clark Terry", ''Jazz Player'' 1 (October–November 1994): 12–19.
* Blumenthal, Bob, "Reflections on a Brilliant Career" eprint_of_'' eprint_of_''JazzTimes''_25,_No._8">JazzTimes.html"_;"title="eprint_of_''JazzTimes">eprint_of_''JazzTimes''_25,_No._8_''Jazz_Educators_Journal''_29,_No._4_(1997):_30–33,_36–37.
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* Duke Ellington">Ellington, Duke, "Clark Terry" chapter in ''Music is My Mistress'' (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973): 229–230.
* LaBarbera, John, "Clark Terry: More Than 'Mumbles'", ''ITG Journal'' (International Trumpet Guild) 19, No. 2 (1994): 36–41.
* Morgenstern, Dan, "Clark Terry" in ''Living With Jazz: A Reader'' (New York: Pantheon, 2004): 196–201. [Reprint of ''Down Beat'' 34 (June 1, 1967): 16–18.]
* Owens, Thomas, "Trumpeters: Clark Terry", in ''Bebop: The Music and the Players'' (New York: Oxford, 1995): 111–113.
* Terry, C. ''Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry'',
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