Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington (1951–59), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). He was with The Tonight Show Band 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, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, and Terri Lyne Carrington.
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More Releases:
MTJQ – “Perfection”
Nils Eikmeier – “Stories”
Terry Gibbs Dream Sextet – “4am” – live
Della Reese – “One of a Kind – live”
Mia Brentano’s Summerhouse
Introducing SAMEKA
Dominik Schürmann Trio – “Moons Ago”
By The Way – “Time For Blue”
Zurich Jazz Orchestra & Steffen Schorn – “To My Beloved Ones”
New York Duo – “Higher Perception”
Baschnagel Group – “Timeline Promenade”
Altfrid M. Sicking – “I AM”
Jonas Windscheid’s Paintbox – “Alto”
Erik Leuthäuser – “In the Land of Kent Carlson – Live at A-Trane Berlin”
Zurich Jazz Orchestra & Steffen Schorn – “Dedications”
Bending Times – “Songs of Faith / Glaubenslieder”
Mareille Merck LARUS – “Fadenschlag”
Rüdiger Baldauf – ”Strawberry Fields“
Katarzyna Myćka & Conrado Moya – “Marimba Synergy” – Bach: Goldberg Variations
