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Clark Terry

Person 🌍 US 🗓️ 1920–2015 📍 St. Louis 🕯️ Pine Bluff 📌 American swing trumpeter
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Instruments
flugelhorn trumpet voice
Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Officer of Arts and Letters Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award Paul Acket Award Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres NEA Jazz Masters BBC Jazz Awards
IMUDB Ranking 8.7/10 Based on how many times this artist has been played on Last.fm — not a critic score. 🎧 77,367 listeners ▶ 410,205 plays
Wikipedia
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.

🤝 Collaborations (21)

MusicBrainz credits combined with Genius song credits from top 15 tracks

Clark Terry has 21 credited collaborators on IMUDB — 19 bandmates, 2 other. Active 1920–2015.

All Star Big Band
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C-jam All Stars
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Clark Terry Quartet
member of band
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Clark Terry Quintet
member of band
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Clark Terry Septet
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Clark Terry Sextet
member of band
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Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
member of band
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Clark Terry’s Big‐B‐A‐D‐Band
member of band
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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
member of band
Orchestra
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Big Band
member of band
Group
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Hugh Ragin Trumpet Ensemble
member of band
Group
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Jesper Thilo/Clark Terry Quintet
member of band
Group
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Louie Bellson and His Jazz Orchestra
member of band
Group 1987–1987
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Ninapinta and His Bongos and Congas
member of band
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The All Star Jazz Reunion
member of band
Group
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The Clark Terry Spacemen
member of band
Group
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The Dave Bailey Sextet
member of band
Group
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The Riverside Jazz Stars
member of band
Orchestra
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Thelonious Monk Nonet
member of band
Orchestra
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Tony Lujan
teacher
Person
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Wallace Roney
teacher
Person
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Britt Woodman via All Star Big Band ⚖ Don Butterfield via All Star Big Band ⚖ Ernie Royal via All Star Big Band ⚖ Ernie Wilkins via All Star Big Band ⚖ George Dorsey via All Star Big Band ⚖ James Moody via All Star Big Band ⚖ Jerome Richardson via All Star Big Band ⚖ Jim Buffington via All Star Big Band ⚖

⭐ Known For

Spanish Rice album cover
Spanish Rice
▶ 61,441
The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry album cover
The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry
▶ 37,049
Clark After Dark (The Balled Artistry of Clark Terry) album cover
Clark After Dark (The Balled Artistry of Clark Terry)
▶ 26,007
Daylight Express album cover
Daylight Express
▶ 13,147
Color Changes album cover
Color Changes
▶ 14,489
Clark Terry album cover
Clark Terry
▶ 15,321

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Shades of Blues
1995
Top and Bottom Brass
1995
Squeeze Me
1995
Remember the Time
1995
Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry
1994

📻 Historical Recordings

Shellac sides digitised by the Great 78 Project — original 78rpm transfers, free to stream

BILLY'S BOUNCE
1947 ▶ 423
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PHALANGES; SLEEP
▶ 105
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