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Clark Terry
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Trumpeters · 1920–2015

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015)

Born
14 December 1920
St. Louis
Died
21 February 2015
Pine Bluff
Country
United States
Record labels
Prestige, Candid Records, Impulse!
Discography
70 albums

Biography

Clark Terry was a jazz musician who played trumpet, flugelhorn and voice. Clark Terry was born on 14 December 1920 in St. Louis and died on 21 February 2015 in Pine Bluff. The music is usually filed under jazz, swing and bebop. Record labels: Prestige, Candid Records and Impulse!. The discography here lists 70 albums, from “Clark Terry” (1955) to “Showcase (Live Chicago '89)” (2023). Honours include Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award (1985), Officer of Arts and Letters (2000) and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2010).

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in the genre, and a composer and educator. Terry performed 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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Discography

Studio and live albums

Clark Terry 1955
Out On A Limb 1957
In Orbit 1958
Clark Terry and His Orchestra 1960
Color Changes 1960
Oscar Peterson Trio + One: Clark Terry 1964
The Happy Horns of Clark Terry 1964
Tread Ye Lightly 1964
Mumbles 1966
It's What's Happenin' 1967
At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1969 · Live
All That Jazz 1972
Clark Terry And His Jolly Giants 1975
Cool Blues 1976
Live on 57th Street 1976
Professor Jive: A Jazz Symphony by Charles Schwartz 1976
Wham 1976 · Live
The Globetrotter 1977
Out of Nowhere 1978
Ain't Misbehavin' 1979
Mother———! Mother———!!: A Jazz Symphony 1980
Yes, the Blues 1981
The Alternate Blues 1982
Take Double 1986
Serenity 1988
Vara Radio 1965 1988
Portraits 1989
Duke With a Difference 1990
Having Fun 1990
Jive at Five 1990
Memories of Duke 1990
Almost Blue 1991
Live at The Village Gate 1991 · Live
Music In The Garden 1993
What a Wonderful World (For Louis & Duke) 1993
Big B-A-D Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival 1974 1994 · Live
George Robert Quartet Featuring Mr. Clark Terry 1994 · Live
The Good Things in Life 1994 · Live
Clark After Dark 1995
Clark Terry With Peewee Claybrook & Swing Fever 1995 · Live
Clark Terry – Metropole Orchestra 1995
Remember the Time 1995
Remember the Time 1995
Shades of Blues 1995
Squeeze Me 1995
The Second Set - Recorded Live At The Village Gate 1995 · Live
Top and Bottom Brass 1995
Clark Terry Express 1996
Lucerne 1978 1997 · Live
To Duke and Basie 1997
Daylight Express 1998
Intimate Stories 1998
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird 2000
Creepin' With Clark 2000
Herr Ober 2001 · Live
Live In Concert 2001 · Live
Friendship 2002
One on One 2002
Live at Montmartre 2003 · Live
George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess 2004
Spanish Rice 2004
Live at Marihans 2005
Clark Terry: The Chicago Sessions 1995-96 2007
Flutin' & Fluglin' 2013
Carnegie Blues: The Music of Duke Ellington 2015
Live In Chicago 2017 · Live
OW 2020
Showcase (Live Chicago '89) 2023 · Live
Clark Terry
Ritter Der Ronneburg 1998 · Live

Also plays on

Albums where Clark Terry is credited as a sideman

1957 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald trumpet
1957 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Volume 2 — Ella Fitzgerald trumpet
1959 The Birth of a Band — Quincy Jones performer, trumpet
1959 The Genius of Ray Charles — Ray Charles trumpet
1960 I Dig Dancers — Quincy Jones trumpet
1960 Blues in Orbit — Duke Ellington trumpet
1960 Gillespiana — Dizzy Gillespie trumpet
1961 Genius + Soul = Jazz — Ray Charles trumpet
1962 Big Band Bossa Nova — Quincy Jones trumpet
1968 What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong trumpet
1978 “Fine and Mellow”: Ella Fitzgerald Jams — Ella Fitzgerald brass
1980 The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four — Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass & Bobby Durham trumpet, flugelhorn
1981 Ella Abraça Jobim: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald trumpet
1989 All That Jazz — Ella Fitzgerald trumpet
1994 Quincy Plays for Pussycats — Quincy Jones trumpet
2006 Ray Sings, Basie Swings — Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra trumpet
2014 The Duke: Historically Speaking — Duke Ellington trumpet
2017 Blues In Orbit + The Cosmic Scene — Duke Ellington– trumpet, instruments, flugelhorn
2023 Ella Sings the Blues — Ella Fitzgerald trumpet

Standards written by Clark Terry

TitleKeyFormGroove
One Foot In The Gutter F major AABA · 32 Medium swing

Awards

Historic 78 rpm records

  • BILLY'S BOUNCE Clark Terry · William Parker · Robert Parker · Earl Martin · Terry ·… · 1947 archive.org ↗

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Clark Terry play?

Clark Terry is known for playing trumpet, flugelhorn and voice.

When and where was Clark Terry born?

Clark Terry was born 14 December 1920 in St. Louis.

What are Clark Terry's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Clark Terry (1955), Out On A Limb (1957), In Orbit (1958), Clark Terry and His Orchestra (1960) and Color Changes (1960).

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