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
TenderlyTony Scott, Bill Evans and Clark Terry
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
4:37
Blue MoonClark Terry, Red Mitchell and Horace Parlan
Brahms Lullabye
7:26
Autumn in New YorkCarol Sloane and Clark Terry
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
5:34
Autumn LeavesJazz at the Philharmonic, Roy Eldridge, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Pass, Benny Carter, Keter Betts, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims
Portraits
18:00
That Old Black MagicClark Terry
Serenade to a Bus Seat
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