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Clark Terry December 14 1920 – February 21 2015 Was An American Swing And Bebop Trumpeter A Pioneer Of The Flugelhorn In Jazz Educator And NEA Jazz Masters Inductee. He Played With Charlie Barnet 1947 Count Basie 1948–1951 Duke Ellington 1951–1959 Quincy Jones 1960 And Oscar Peterson 1964-1996 . He Also Appeared On Record With Louis Armstrong Thelonious Monk Charles Mingus Ray Charles Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday And Dizzy Gillespie. Over A Seven Decade Career Terry Mentored World-Class Talents Such As Quincy Jones Miles Davis Herbie Hancock Wynton Marsalis Dianne Reeves Terri Lyne Carrington Arturo Sandoval And Justin Kauflin. He Considered One Of The Most Recorded Jazz Artists Of All Time And Appears On Over 900 Recordings. Contents Terry Was Born In St. Louis Missouri In 1920. He Attended Vashon High School And Began His Professional Career In The Early 1940s Playing In Local Clubs. He Served As A Bandsman In The United States Navy During World War II. Blending The St. Louis Tone With Contemporary Styles Terry's Years With Basie And Ellington In The Late 1940s And 1950s Established His Prominence. During His Period With Ellington He Took Part In Many Of The Composer's Suites And Acquired A Reputation For His Wide Range Of Styles From Swing To Hard Bop Technical Proficiency And Good Humor. Terry Influenced Musicians Including Miles Davis And Quincy Jones Both Of Whom Acknowledged Terry's Influence During The Early Stages Of Their Careers. Terry Had Informally Taught Davis While They Were Still In St Louis. After Leaving Ellington Clark's International Recognition Soared When He Accepted An Offer From The National Broadcasting Company NBC To Become Its First African-American Staff Musician. He Appeared For Ten Years On The Tonight Show As A Member Of The Tonight Show Band First Led By Skitch Henderson And Later By Doc Severinsen Where His Unique "mumbling" Scat Singing Led To A Hit With "Mumbles". In The 1980s He Was A Featured Soloist Performing In Front Of The Band. In November 1980 He Was A Headliner Along With Anita O'Day Lionel Hampton And Ramsey Lewis During The Opening Two-Week Ceremony Performances Celebrating The Short-Lived Resurgence Of The Blue Note Lounge At The Marriott O'Hare Hotel Near Chicago. He Was Introduced To Great Acclaim By Chicago Jazz Disc-Jockey Dick Buckley. Terry Continued To Play With Musicians Such As Trombonist J. J. Johnson And Pianist Oscar Peterson And Led A Group With Valve-Trombobist Bob Brookmeyer That Achieved Some Success In The Early 1960s. In February 1965 Brookmeyer And Terry Appeared On BBC2's Jazz 625. In The 1970s Terry Concentrated Increasingly On The Flugelhorn Which He Plays With A Full Ringing Tone. In Addition To His Studio Work And Teaching At Jazz Workshops Terry Toured Regularly In The 1980s With Small Groups Including Peterson's And Performed As The Leader Of His Big B-A-D Band Formed About 1970 . After Financial Difficulties Forced Him To Break Up The Big B-A-D Band He Performed With Bands Such As The Unifour Jazz Ensemble. His Humor And Command Of Jazz Trumpet Styles Are Apparent In His "dialogues" With Himself On Different Instruments Or On The Same Instrument Muted And Unmuted. He Occasionally Performed Solos On A Trumpet Or Flugelhorn Mouthpiece. From The 1970s Through The 1990s Terry Performed At Carnegie Hall Town Hall And Lincoln Center Toured With The Newport Jazz All Stars And Jazz At The Philharmonic And Was Featured With Skitch Henderson's New York Pops Orchestra. In 1998 Terry Recorded George Gershwin's "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" For The Red Hot Organization's Compilation Album Red Hot Rhapsody A Tribute To George Gershwin Which Raised Money For Various Charities Devoted To Increasing AIDS Awareness And Fighting The Disease. In 2001 He Again Recorded For The Red Hot Organization With Artist Amel Larrieux For The Compilation Album Red Hot Indigo A Tribute To Ellington. Prompted Early In His Career By Dr. Billy Taylor Clark And Milt Hinton Bought Instruments For And Gave Instruction To Young Hopefuls Which Planted The Seed That Became Jazz Mobile In Harlem. This Venture Tugged At Terry's Greatest Love Involving Youth In The Perpetuation Of Jazz. From 2000 On He Hosted Clark Terry Jazz Festivals On Land And Sea Held His Own Jazz Camps And Appeared In More Than Fifty Jazz Festivals On Six Continents. Terry Composed More Than Two Hundred Jazz Songs And Performed For Seven U.S. Presidents. He Also Has Several Recordings With Major Groups Including The London Symphony Orchestra The Dutch Metropole Orchestra And The Chicago Jazz Orchestra Hundreds Of High School And College Ensembles His Own Duos Trios Quartets Quintets Sextets Octets And Two Big Bands Clark Terry's Big Bad Band And Clark Terry's Young Titans Of Jazz. The Clark Terry Archive At William Paterson University In Wayne New Jersey Contains Instruments Tour Posters Awards Original Copies Of Over 70 Big Band Arrangements Recordings And Other Memorabilia. Terry Was A Resident Of Bayside Queens And Corona Queens New York Later Moving To Haworth New Jersey And Then Pine Bluff Arkansas. A 2014 Documentary Keep On Keepin' On Follows Clark Terry Over Four Years To Document The Mentorship Between Terry And 23-Year-Old Blind Piano Prodigy Justin Kauflin As The Young Man Prepares To Compete In An Elite International Competition. On February 13 2015 It Was Announced That Terry Had Entered Hospice Care To Manage His Advanced Diabetes. On February 21 2015 Clark Terry Died Surrounded By His Family Students And Friends. His Wife Gwen Wrote "Our Beloved Clark Terry Has Joined The Big Band In Heaven Where He'll Be Singing And Playing With The Angels. He Left Us Peacefully Surrounded By His Family Students And Friends ... Clark Will Live In Our Hearts Forever." Writing In The New York Times Peter Keepnews Said Terry "was Acclaimed For His Impeccable Musicianship Loved For His Playful Spirit And Respected For His Adaptability. Although His Sound On Both Trumpet And The Rounder-Toned Flugelhorn Which He Helped Popularize As A Jazz Instrument Was Highly Personal And Easily Identifiable He Managed To Fit It Snugly Into A Wide Range Of Musical Contexts." Writing In UK's The Daily Telegraph Martin Chilton Said "Terry Was A Music Educator And Had A Deep And Lasting Influence On The Course Of Jazz. Terry Became A Mentor To Generations Of Jazz Players Including Miles Davis Wynton Marsalis And Composer-Arranger Quincy Jones." Interviewing Terry In 2005 Fellow Jazz Trumpeter Scotty Barnhart Said He Was "..One Of The Most Incredibly Versatile Musician To Ever Live... A Jazz Trumpet Master That Played With The Greatest Names In The History Of The Music..." Awards And Honors Over 250 Awards Medals And Honors Including Inducted Into The Jazz At Lincoln Center Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall Of Fame 2013 14 The 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Two Grammy Certificates Three Grammy Nominations
The National Endowment For The Arts Jazz Master Award 1991 Sixteen Honorary Doctorates
Keys To Several Cities
Jazz Ambassador For U.S. State Department Tours In The Middle East And Africa
A Knighthood In Germany Citation Needed Charles E. Lutton Man Of Music Award Presented By Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity In 1985 . Terry Was Awarded Honorary Membership In The Fraternity By The Beta Zeta Chapter At The College Of Emporia 1968 . He Was Also Made An Honorary Member Of The Iota Phi Chapter Of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity 2011 .
The French Order Of Arts And Letters 2000 A Life-Sized Wax Figure For The Black World History Museum In St. Louis
Inducted Into The St. Louis Walk Of Fame 1996 NARAS Present's Merit Award 2005 Trumpeter Of The Year By The Jazz Journalists Association 2005 read less