Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and

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trumpeter, a pioneer of the

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in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with

Charlie Barnet Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His major recordings were "Nagasaki", "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", "In a Mizz", and "South ...

(1947),

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

(1948–51),

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

(1951–59),

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(1960), and

Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...

(1964–96). He was with

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on ''

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'' 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

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

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, Wynton Marsalis,

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

, Dianne Reeves, and

Terri Lyne Carrington Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets (band), ...

.Terry, C. ''Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry'',

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(2011).

Early life

Terry was born to Clark Virgil Terry Sr. and Mary Terry in St. Louis,

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, on December 14, 1920. Yanow, Scott Clark Terry biographyat Allmusic. 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

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during

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. His first instrument was valve trombone. Clark Terry MJF

Big band era

Blending the St. Louis tone with contemporary styles, Terry's years with Basie and Ellington (who secretly recruited Terry away from Basie) 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

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), technical proficiency, and good humor. Terry influenced musicians including

and

, 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, and Jones during Terry's frequent visits to

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with the Count Basie Sextet. After leaving Ellington in 1959, Clark's international recognition soared when he accepted an offer from the

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(NBC) to become a staff musician. He appeared for ten years on ''

'' as a member of

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until 1972, first led by Skitch Henderson and later by

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, where his unique "mumbling"

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led to a hit with "Mumbles". Terry was the first African American to become a regular in a band on a major US television network. He said later: "We had to be models, because I knew we were in a test.... We couldn't have a speck on our trousers. We couldn't have a wrinkle in the clothes. We couldn't have a dirty shirt." Clark has many relationships in the music world and they all speak highly of him. One of those relationships was Quincy Jones, who wrote the preface to Terry's autobiography. Jones led a band for the musical ''Free and Easy'' in 1959, and Terry left Duke Ellington Orchestra to join them in Belgium. Terry continued to play with musicians such as trombonist J. J. Johnson and pianist

, and led a group with valve-trombonist Bob Brookmeyer that achieved some success in the early 1960s. In February 1965, Brookmeyer and Terry appeared on

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's '' Jazz 625''. and in 1967, presented by

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, he was recorded at Poplar Town Hall, in the BBC series ''Jazz at the Philharmonic'', alongside James Moody,

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Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first ...

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

Teddy Wilson Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive Swing music, swing pianist", Wilson's piano style was gentle, elegant, and virtuosic. His style was high ...

, Bob Cranshaw,

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and T-Bone Walker. In the 1970s, Terry concentrated increasingly on the flugelhorn, which he played 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.

Later career

From the 1970s through the 1990s, Terry performed at

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, Town Hall, and

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, 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

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's "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album '' Red Hot + Rhapsody'', a tribute to

, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. In November 1980, he was a headliner along with

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and

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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. Prompted early in his career by 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 onwards, 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 eight U.S. Presidents. He also had several recordings with major groups including the

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, 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. In February 2004, Terry guest starred as himself, on ''

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'', a children's television series. Terry was a resident of Bayside, Queens, and

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, New York, later moving to Haworth, New Jersey, and then

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. His autobiography was published in 2011. Taylor Ho Bynum wrote in ''

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'' that it "captures his gift for storytelling and his wry humor, especially in chronicling his early years on the road, with struggles through segregation and gigs in juke joints and carnivals, all while developing one of most distinctive improvisational voices in music history." The ''Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' notes that Terry appears on more of its listed recordings than any other artist. According to his own website Terry was "one of the most recorded jazz artists in history and had performed for eight American Presidents." He was adept in the challenging technique of circular breathing, by which an instrumentalist can play for extended periods without stopping for breath, and in 1976 he published his ''Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing for Woodwind and Brass Instruments''. In April 2014, the documentary ''Keep on Keepin' On'', followed Terry over four years, to document his mentorship of the 23-year-old blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin, as Kauflin prepared to compete in an elite, international competition. In December 2014 the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Cécile McLorin Salvant visited Terry, who had celebrated his 94th birthday on December 14, at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center. A lively rendition of "Happy Birthday" was played.

Death and tributes

On February 13, 2015, it was announced that Terry had entered

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care to manage his advanced

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. He died on February 21, 2015. Writing in ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', 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 musicians to ever live ... a jazz trumpet master that played with the greatest names in the history of the music ..."

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hosts the Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival, an annual tribute to the musician. The festival began in 1998, and has grown in size every year. The festival showcases outstanding student musicians and guest artists at the university's River Campus. The University of New Hampshire hosts the Clark Terry Jazz Festival every year; it showcases middle- and high-school jazz musicians from all over New England.

Awards and honors

Over 250 awards, medals and honors, including: * Induction into the

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Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame (2013) * The 2010

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, two Grammy certificates, three Grammy nominations * Induction into the

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Jazz Hall of Fame * The

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Jazz Master Award (1991) * In 1988 an Honorary Doctorate of Music from

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. * Sixteen

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s * Keys to several cities * Jazz Ambassador for U.S. State Department tours in the Middle East and Africa * A knighthood in Germany * Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award, presented by

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fraternity in (1985). Terry was awarded honorary membership in the Fraternity by the Beta Zeta chapter at the College of Emporia (1968). * An honorary member of the Iota Phi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity (2011), at the

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. * 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) *

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Present's Merit Award (2005) * Trumpeter of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association (2005)

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* ''

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, 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� ...

'' ( EmArcy, 1955) * ''The Jazz School'' with Joe Gordon, Paul Gonsalves (Wing, 1955) * '' Serenade to a Bus Seat'' (Riverside, 1957) * '' Duke with a Difference'' (Riverside, 1957) * '' Out on a Limb with Clark Terry'' (

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, 1958) – rec. 1957 * '' In Orbit'' with

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(Riverside, 1958) * '' Top and Bottom Brass'' (Riverside, 1959) * '' Color Changes'' ( Candid, 1961) – rec. 1960 * '' Everything's Mellow'' (Prestige/Moodsville, 1961) * '' Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American'' (Moodsville, 1962) * '' Back in Bean's Bag'' ( Columbia, 1963) – rec. 1962 * ''Tread Ye Lightly'' (Cameo, 1964) * ''What Makes Sammy Swing'' (

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, 1964) * '' The Happy Horns of Clark Terry'' ( Impulse!, 1964) * ''

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'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1965) – rec. 1964 * '' The Power of Positive Swinging'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1965) * '' Gingerbread Men'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1966) * ''

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'' (Mainstream, 1966) * '' Spanish Rice'' with Chico O'Farrill (Impulse!, 1966) * '' It's What's Happenin''' (Impulse!, 1967) * '' Soul Duo'' with Shirley Scott (Impulse!, 1967) * ''At the Montreux Jazz Festival'' (Polydor, 1970) – rec. 1969 * ''In Concert: Live'' (Etoile, 1973) * ''Previously Unreleased Recordings'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1974) * ''Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival'' (Vanguard, 1975) * '' Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry'' with

( Pablo, 1975) * ''Wham/Live at the Jazz House'' (MPS, 1976) * ''Professor Jive'' (Inner City, 1976) * ''The Globetrotter'' (Vanguard, 1977) * ''Clark After Dark: The Ballad Artistry of Clark Terry'' (MPS, 1978) * '' Ain't Misbehavin''' (Pablo, 1979) * '' Mother———! Mother———!!'' with Zoot Sims (Pablo, 1980) – rec. 1979 * '' Memories of Duke'' (Pablo, 1980) * ''Yes, the Blues'' (Pablo, 1981) * ''To Duke and Basie'' (Enja, 1986) * ''Live 1964'' (Emerald, 1987) – live rec. 1964 * ''Portraits'' (Chesky, 1989) * ''Squeeze Me'' (Chiaroscuro, 1989) * ''Having Fun'' (Delos, 1990) * ''Live at the Village Gate'' (Chesky, 1991) * ''Music in the Garden'' (Jazz Heritage, 1993) * ''What a Wonderful World'' (Red Baron, 1993) * ''Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Clark Terry'' (Jazz Alliance, 1994) * ''Mellow Moods'' (Prestige, 1994) * ''Big Band Basie'' with Frank Wess (Reference, 1995) * ''The Second Set: Recorded Live at the Village Gate'' (Chesky, 1995) * ''Clark Terry with Peewee Claybrook and Swing Fever'' (D'Note, 1995) * ''Live in Chicago Vol. 1'' (Monad, 1995) * ''Live in Chicago Vol. 2'' (Monad, 1995) * ''Top and Bottom'' (Chiaroscuro, 1995) * ''Clark Terry Express'' (Reference, 1996) * ''The Songs Ella and Louis Sang'' with Carol Sloane (Concord Jazz, 1997) * ''One on One'' (Chesky, 2000) * ''The Hymn'' (Candid, 2001) – live rec. 1993 * ''Live in Concert'' (Image, 2001) * ''Friendship with Max Roach'' (Columbia, 2002) * ''Live on QE2'' (Chiaroscuro, 2002) * ''George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess'' (Americana, 2004) * ''Live at Marihans'' (Chiaroscuro, 2005) * ''Louie and Clark Expedition 2'' with Louie Bellson (Percussion Power, 2008) * ''Carnegie Blues: The Music of Duke Ellington'' (Squatty Roo, 2015)

As sideman

With

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* 1961-62: '' Soul Summit Vol. 2'' (Prestige, 1962) * 1961-62: '' Late Hour Special'' (Prestige, 1964) * 1960-62: '' Velvet Soul'' (Prestige, 1964) With Dave Bailey * '' One Foot in the Gutter'' (Epic, 1960) * '' Gettin' Into Somethin''' (Epic, 1961) – recorded in 1960 With Ray Bryant * '' Gotta Travel On'' (Cadet, 1966) * '' Lonesome Traveler'' (Cadet, 1966) With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis * '' Trane Whistle'' (Prestige, 1960) * '' Afro-Jaws'' (Riverside, 1961) – recorded in 1960 With

* '' Ellington Uptown'' (Columbia, 1952) – recorded in 1947-51 * '' Premiered by Ellington'' (Capitol, 1953) * '' Dance to the Duke!'' (Capitol, 1954) – recorded in 1953-54 * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1955) – recorded in 1953-54 * '' Ellington Showcase'' (Capitol, 1955) – recorded in 1953-55 * '' Blue Rose'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' A Drum Is a Woman'' (Columbia, 1956) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' Such Sweet Thunder'' (Columbia, 1957) * '' Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book'' (Verve, 1957) * ''

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'' (Doctor Jazz, 1983) – recorded in 1957 * '' Ellington Indigos'' (Columbia, 1958) – recorded in 1957 * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1958) * '' Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque'' (Columbia, 1958) * '' The Cosmic Scene'' (Columbia, 1958) * '' Festival Session'' (Columbia, 1959) * '' The Ellington Suites'' (Columbia, 1976) – recorded in 1959-72 * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1960) – recorded in 1958-59 * '' The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World'' (Columbia, 1975) – recorded in 1967 With

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* '' Big Band Bossa Nova'' (Verve, 1962) * '' Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One'' (MGM, 1965) With

* '' Gillespiana'' (Verve, 1960) * '' Carnegie Hall Concert'' (Verve, 1961) * '' The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner'' (Pablo, 1974) * '' The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4'' (Pablo, 1980) With

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* '' The Big Soul-Band'' (Riverside, 1960) * '' White Gardenia'' (Riverside, 1961) With

Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...

* '' Creamy'' (Norgran, 1955) * '' Ellingtonia '56'' (Norgran, 1956) * '' Duke's in Bed'' (Verve, 1956) * '' The Big Sound'' (Verve, 1957) With

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...

* '' Big Bags'' (Riverside, 1962) * '' For Someone I Love'' (Riverside, 1963) * '' Ray Brown / Milt Jackson'' with Ray Brown (Verve, 1965) With J. J. Johnson * '' J.J.!'' (RCA Victor, 1964) * '' Goodies'' (RCA Victor, 1965) * '' Concepts in Blue'' (Pablo Today, 1981) – recorded in 1980 With

* '' The Birth of a Band!'' (Mercury, 1959) * '' I Dig Dancers'' (Mercury, 1961) – recorded in 1960 * '' The Quintessence'' (Impulse! 1962) – recorded in 1961 * '' Big Band Bossa Nova'' (Mercury, 1962) * '' Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits'' (Mercury, 1963) – recorded in 1962–63 * ''

Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini ''Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini'' is an album by Quincy Jones that contains music composed by Henry Mancini. Track listing All music composed by Henry Mancini, lyricists indicated # "Baby Elephant Walk" – 2:49 # "Charade ( ...

'' (Mercury, 1964) * '' Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' (Mercury, 1965) – recorded in 1959–65 * '' The Hot Rock OST'' (Prophesy, 1972) – recorded in 1971 With Mundell Lowe * '' Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz'' (RCA Camden, 1960) * ''Satan in High Heels'' (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961) With

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz Flute, flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet ...

* '' Latin Fever'' (Atlantic, 1964) – recorded in 1962-64 * '' My Kinda Groove'' (Atlantic, 1965) – recorded in 1964 * '' Our Mann Flute'' (Atlantic, 1966) * '' The Beat Goes On'' (Atlantic, 1967) * '' The Herbie Mann String Album'' (Atlantic, 1967) With Gary McFarland * '' The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying"'' (Verve, 1962) – recorded in 1961 * '' Tijuana Jazz'' (Impulse!, 1965) With

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...

* '' Mingus Revisited''/ (Mercury/Limelight, 1961) – recorded in 1960 * '' The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (Blue Note, 1994) – recorded in 1962 With Blue Mitchell * '' Smooth as the Wind'' (Riverside, 1961) – recorded in 1960-61 * '' A Sure Thing'' (Riverside, 1962) With

Gerry Mulligan Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing t ...

* '' Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard'' (Verve, 1961) – recorded in 1960 * '' Gerry Mulligan '63'' (Verve, 1963) – recorded in 1962 With

Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signi ...

* '' Impressions of Phaedra'' (United Artists, 1962) * '' Full Nelson'' (Verve, 1963) – recorded in 1962-63 * '' Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle'' (Impulse!, 1966) * '' Happenings'' (Impulse!, 1966) * '' Encyclopedia of Jazz'' (Verve, 1967) – recorded in 1965-66 * '' The Spirit of '67'' (Impulse!, 1967) * '' The Sound of Feeling'' (Verve, 1968) – recorded in 1966-67 With

* '' Oscar Peterson Trio + One'' (Verve, 1964) * '' Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts'' (Pablo, 1975) – recorded in 1974-75 * '' The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4'' (Pablo, 1980) * '' Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness'' (Pablo, 1983) With

Dave Pike David Samuel Pike (March 23, 1938 – October 3, 2015) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He appeared on many albums by Nick Brignola, Paul Bley and Kenny Clarke, Bill Evans, and Herbie Mann. He also recorded extensively as l ...

* '' Bossa Nova Carnival'' (New Jazz, 1962) * '' Jazz for the Jet Set'' (Atlantic, 1966) – recorded in 1965 With

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...

* '' New Fantasy'' (Verve, 1964) * ''

Once a Thief and Other Themes ''Once a Thief and Other Themes'' is an album of film and television themes by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve Records, Verve label.Payne, DLalo Schifrin discographyaccessed March ...

'' (Verve, 1965) With

Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...

* '' The Matadors Meet the Bull'' (Roulette, 1965) * '' I Keep Comin' Back!'' (Roulette, 1966) With Billy Taylor * '' Taylor Made Jazz'' (Argo, 1959) – recorded in 1957 * '' Kwamina'' (Mercury, 1961) With

Cal Tjader Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin music (genre), Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group mod ...

* '' Several Shades of Jade'' (Verve, 1963) * ''Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958–1980'' ( Concord, 2008) With others * Ernestine Anderson, '' My Kinda Swing'' (Mercury, 1961) – recorded in 1960 * George Barnes, ''Guitars Galore'' (Mercury, 1961) * Joe Cain (arranger), '' Latin Au Go Go (Mainstream, 1965) *

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...

, '' Goodies'' (Verve, 1968) * Willie Bobo, '' Bobo's Beat'' (Roulette, 1963) – recorded in 1962 * Bob Brookmeyer, '' Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments'' (Verve, 1961) *

Clifford Brown Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Sprin ...

, ''

Jam Session A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp over tunes, drones, songs, and chord progressions. To "jam" is to improvise music without ...

'' (EmArcy, 1954) *

Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a popular music, pop music ...

, '' Ruth Brown '65'' (Mainstream, 1965) *

Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...

, '' Lotsa Bossa Nova'' (Kapp, 1963) *

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz Vibraphone, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused ...

, '' Who Is Gary Burton?'' (RCA, 1962) * Charlie Byrd, '' Byrd at the Gate'' (Riverside, 1963) * Al Caiola, '' Cleopatra and All That Jazz'' (United Artists, 1963) *

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...

, '' Son of Drum Suite'' (RCA Victor, 1960) *

Tadd Dameron Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swi ...

, '' The Magic Touch'' (1962) *

Dorothy Donegan Dorothy Donegan (April 6, 1922 – May 19, 1998) was an American classically trained jazz pianist and occasional vocalist, primarily known for performing stride and boogie-woogie, as well as bebop, swing, and classical. Biography Early li ...

, ''Live at the Floating Jazz Festival'' (Chiaroscuro, 1992) *

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...

, '' Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra'' (Mercury, 1962) *

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...

, '' Ella Abraça Jobim'' (Pablo, 1981) * Paul Gonsalves, '' Cookin' '' (Argo, 1957) * Bunky Green, '' Transformations'' (Vanguard, 1977) *

Dave Grusin Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, incl ...

, '' Homage to Duke'' (1993) *

Chico Hamilton Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, f ...

, '' The Further Adventures of El Chico'' (Impulse!, 1966) * Jimmy Hamilton, '' It's About Time'' (Swingville, 1961) *

, '' You Better Know It!!!'' (Impulse!, 1965) *

Jimmy Heath James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath. Biography Heath w ...

, '' Really Big!'' (Riverside, 1960) *

John Hicks Sir John Richard Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics ...

, '' Friends Old and New'' (Novus, 1992) * Milt Hinton, ''Old Man Time'' (Chiaroscuro, 2002) * Kenyon Hopkins, ''

The Yellow Canary ''The Yellow Canary'' is a 1963 American thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Pat Boone and Barbara Eden. It was adapted by Rod Serling from a novel by Whit Masterson, who also wrote the novel that was the basis for Orson Welles' '' ...

'' (Verve, 1960) *

Budd Johnson Albert J. "Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke ...

, '' Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants'' (Riverside, 1960) *

Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such albums as ''My Fa ...

, '' Summit Meeting'' (Vanguard, 1977) – recorded in 1976 * Sam Jones, '' Down Home'' (Riverside, 1962) * Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, '' At Newport '63'' (RCA, 1963) *

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States. Although Lateef's main i ...

, '' The Centaur and the Phoenix'' (Riverside, 1960) *

Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to ma ...

, '' Michel Legrand Plays Richard Rodgers'' (Philips, 1962) * Abbey Lincoln, ''The World Is Falling Down'' (Polydor/Verve, 1990) * Junior Mance, '' The Soul of Hollywood'' (Jazzland, 1962) *

Jay McShann James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and B ...

, '' Some Blues'' (Chiaroscuro, 1993) *

Modern Jazz Quartet The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical music, classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. The Quartet consisted of John Lewis (pianist), John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphon ...

, '' Jazz Dialogue'' (Atlantic, 1965) * Mark Murphy, '' That's How I Love the Blues!'' (Riverside, 1962) * Chico O'Farrill, '' Nine Flags'' (Impulse!, 1966) * Oscar Pettiford, '' Basically Duke'' (Bethlehem, 1954) * Flip Phillips, ''The Claw'' (Chiaroscuro, 1986) * Hugh Ragin, '' Fanfare & Fiesta'' (Justin Time, 2001) * Gene Roland, ''Swingin' Friends'' (Brunswick, 1963) *

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

, '' Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass'' (1958) *

Jimmy Rushing James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972) was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948. Rushing was known as " Mr. Five by ...

, '' Every Day I Have the Blues'' (BluesWay, 1967) * Jimmy Smith, '' Hobo Flats'' (Verve, 1963) * Buddy Tate, '' Tate-a-Tate'' (Swingville, 1960) *

Cecil Taylor Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in comple ...

, '' New York City R&B'' (Candid, 1961) * Ed Thigpen, '' Out of the Storm'' (Verve, 1966) * Teri Thornton, '' Devil May Care'' (Riverside, 1961) *

Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist and record producer. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note Reco ...

, '' Joyride'' (Blue Note, 1965) *

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA J ...

, '' Live at Newport'' (Impulse, 1964) – live recorded in 1963 *

Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a ...

, '' Dinah Jams'' (EmArcy, 1955) – live recorded in 1954 * Randy Weston, '' Uhuru Afrika'' (Roulette, 1961) – recorded in 1960 * Joe Williams, '' At Newport '63'' (RCA, 1963) – live *

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for D ...

, '' New York, New Sound'' (Mack Avenue, 2003) *

Kai Winding Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of " More", the theme from the movie ''Mondo Ca ...

, '' Kai Olé'' (Verve, 1961) * Jimmy Woode, '' The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode'' (Argo, 1958) – recorded in 1957

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* ''Let's Talk Trumpet: From Legit to Jazz'' (with Phil Rizzo), 1973 * ''Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing for Woodwind and Brass Instruments'' (with Phil Rizzo), 1975 * ''Interpretation of the Jazz Language'', Bedford, Ohio: M. A. S. Publishing Company, 1977 * ''TerryTunes'', anthology of 60 original compositions (1st edn, 1972; 2nd edn w/doodle-tonguing chapter, 2009) * "Clark Terry – Jazz Ambassador: C.T.'s Diary" over portrait '' Jazz Journal International'' 31 (May 6, 1978): pp. 7–8. * "Jazz for the Record" lark Terry Archive at William Paterson University ''

'' (December 11, 2004). * Beach, Doug, "Clark Terry and the St. Louis Trumpet Sound", ''Instrumentalist'' 45 (April 1991): 8–12. * Bernotas, Bob, "Clark Terry", ''Jazz Player'' 1 (October–November 1994): 12–19. * Blumenthal, Bob, "Reflections on a Brilliant Career" eprint of ''JazzTimes'' 25, No. 8">JazzTimes.html" ;"title="eprint of ''JazzTimes">eprint of ''JazzTimes'' 25, No. 8 ''Jazz Educators Journal'' 29, No. 4 (1997): 30–33, 36–37. * Duke Ellington">Ellington, Duke, "Clark Terry" chapter in ''Music is My Mistress'' (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973): 229–230. * LaBarbera, John, "Clark Terry: More Than 'Mumbles'", ''ITG Journal'' (International Trumpet Guild) 19, No. 2 (1994): 36–41. * Morgenstern, Dan, "Clark Terry" in ''Living With Jazz: A Reader'' (New York: Pantheon, 2004): 196–201. [Reprint of ''Down Beat'' 34 (June 1, 1967): 16–18.] * Owens, Thomas, "Trumpeters: Clark Terry", in ''Bebop: The Music and the Players'' (New York: Oxford, 1995): 111–113. * Terry, C. ''Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry'',

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