Clark Terry

Clark Terry
Clark Terry
	Terry at the 1981 Monterey Jazz Festival
Background information
Born	Clark Virgil Terry Jr.; December 14, 1920; St. Louis, Missouri, US
Died	February 21, 2015 (aged 94); Pine Bluff, Arkansas, US
Genres	Jazz; swing; bebop; hard bop;
Occupations	Musician; composer;
Instruments	Trumpet; flugelhorn; vocals;
Years active	1940s–2015
Labels	Prestige; Pablo; Candid; Mainstream; Impulse!;
Formerly of	Charlie Barnet; Count Basie; Duke Ellington orchestra; Quincy Jones; Bob Brookmeyer; The Tonight Show Band; Oscar Peterson; The Newport Jazz All Stars; Jazz at the Philharmonic; Skitch Henderson's New York Pops Orchestra; Clark Terry's Big Bad Band; Clark Terry's Young Titans of Jazz;
Website	clarkterry.com

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.