Terence Michael "Terry" Clarke
C.M. (born August 20, 1944,
Vancouver
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) is a Canadian
jazz
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drummer.
Clarke studied percussion with
Jim Blackley
James David Blackley (born 1927 in Edinburgh) was a jazz-focused drumkit teacher.
Blackley lived and taught in Barrie, Ontario, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, offering monthly sessions to Canadian students and 10-day master classes to professional musi ...
and played with
Chris Gage and
Dave Robbins early in his career. From 1965 to 1967 he toured in a quintet with
John Handy
John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933) is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone. He also sings and plays the tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet, and oboe.
Biography
Handy was born in ...
, and joined
The Fifth Dimension
The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire includes pop, R&B, soul, jazz, light opera, and Broadway.
Formed as the Versatiles in late 1965, the group changed its name to "the 5th Dimension" by 1966. Betwee ...
in 1967, remaining with the ensemble until 1969.
In 1970, he moved to Toronto, where he began a longstanding association with Rob McConnell's group, Boss Brass; he also played with Ed Bickert, Ruby Braff, Jim Galloway, Sonny Greenwich, Jay McShann, Emily Remler, and Frank Rosolino. In 1976, he toured with Jim Hall (musician), Jim Hall for the first time and in 1981 did an international tour with Oscar Peterson.
He relocated to New York City in 1985, where he played or recorded with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Eddie Daniels, Oliver Jones (pianist), Oliver Jones, Roger Kellaway, Helen Merrill, Ken Peplowski, and Joe Roccisano, among others. He played with the Free Trade ensemble in 1994, a quintet composed of Clarke, Ralph Bowen, Neil Swainson, Renee Rosnes, and Peter Leitch (musician), Peter Leitch.
Clarke returned to Toronto in 1999, where he joined The Rob McConnell Tentet. Clarke's 2009 debut album ''It's About Time'' won a Juno Award for Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year, Traditional Jazz Album of the Year.
Clarke was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002.
Discography
As a leader
* ''It's About Time'' (Blue Music Group, 2009)
As a sideman
With Ed Bickert
* ''Ed Bickert'' (PM, 1976)
* ''I Like To Recognize The Tune'' (United Artists, 1977)
* ''Jazz Canada Europe '79'' (Radio Canada International, 1979)
* ''I Wished On The Moon'' (Concord Jazz, 1985)
* ''The Guitar Mastery Of Ed Bickert'' (Unidisc, 1996)
* ''Out Of The Past'' (Sackville Recordings, 2006)
with Ed Bickert Trio & Dave McKenna
* ''Third Floor Richard'' (Concord Jazz, 1989)
with Dave Stahl Band
* ''Standard Issue'' (Abee Cake Records, 1991)
with Ed Bickert & Don Thompson
* ''At The Garden Party'' (Sackville Recordings, 2004)
with Jim Hall
* ''Jim Hall Live!'' (A&M, 1975)
* ''Jim Hall Live in Tokyo'' (A&M, 1976)
* ''Commitment'' (Horizon, 1976)
* ''Jazz Impressions of Japan'' (Horizon, 1977)
* ''Circles'' (Concord Jazz, 1981)
* ''All Across the City'' (Concord Jazz, 1989)
* ''Jim Hall Live In Tokyo - Complete Version'' (King Record Co., 1991)
* ''Live At Town Hall Volumes 1 & 2'' (Jazz Heritage, 1991)
* ''Subsequently'' (MusicMasters, 1992)
* ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' (Columbia, 1992)
* ''Textures'' (Telarc, 1997)
* Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard, ''Panorama - Live At The Village Vanguard'' (Telarc, 1997)
* ''By Arrangement'' (Telarc, 1998)
* ''Jazzpar Quartet + 4'' (Storyville, 1998)
with Eddie Higgins
* ''Speaking of Jobim'' (Sunnyside Records, Sunnyside, 1998)
with Oliver Jones
* ''Cookin' at Sweet Basil'' (Justin Time, 1988)
with Dave Liebman/Mike Murley Quartet
* ''Live at U of T'' (U of T Jazz, 2017)
with Oscar Peterson
* ''Nigerian Marketplace'' (Pablo Live, 1982)
with Emily Remler
* ''Take Two (Emily Remler album), Take Two'' (Concord, 1982)
With the Joe Roccisano Orchestra
*''Leave Your Mind Behind'' (Landmark, 1995)
with Buddy Tate Featuring The Ed Bickert Trio
* ''The Ballad Artistry Of Buddy Tate'' (Sackville Recordings, 1982)
References
* Mark Miller, "Terry Clarke". ''The New Grove, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
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Members of the Order of Canada
1944 births
Canadian jazz drummers
Living people
Musicians from Vancouver
Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year winners