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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJazz Great Clark Terry Dead at 94
Trumpeter Clark Terry, a jazz legend who in his seven decades as a musician and bandleader collaborated with artists ranging from Quincy Jones and Duke Ellington to Charles Mingus and Count Basie, passed away Saturday following complications from a long battle with diabetes. He was 94. For his contributions to jazz music, Terry was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
"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," Terry's wife Gwen wrote on the musician's official Facebook. "Clark has known and played with so many amazing people in his life. He has found great joy in his friendships and his greatest passion was spending time with his students. We will miss him every minute of every day, but he will live on through the beautiful music and positivity that he gave to the world. Clark will live in our hearts forever." Earlier this year, Terry was placed in hospice care.
The St. Louis-born Terry started his career as a sideman for jazz greats like Count Basie and Duke Ellington before beginning his own stint as bandleader in 1955. As one of the most in-demand musicians in his field, Terry is listed in the credits of over a hundred jazz recordings with styles ranging from scat and swing to bebop and big band. Terry's collaborations range from playing flugelhorn alongside Thelonious Monk's piano on 1958's In Orbit (Terry also featured on Monk's landmark Brilliant Corners the previous year) to Quincy Jones' Big Band Bossa Nova in 1960 to the duo he formed with Oscar Peterson in the Seventies
"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," Terry's wife Gwen wrote on the musician's official Facebook. "Clark has known and played with so many amazing people in his life. He has found great joy in his friendships and his greatest passion was spending time with his students. We will miss him every minute of every day, but he will live on through the beautiful music and positivity that he gave to the world. Clark will live in our hearts forever." Earlier this year, Terry was placed in hospice care.
The St. Louis-born Terry started his career as a sideman for jazz greats like Count Basie and Duke Ellington before beginning his own stint as bandleader in 1955. As one of the most in-demand musicians in his field, Terry is listed in the credits of over a hundred jazz recordings with styles ranging from scat and swing to bebop and big band. Terry's collaborations range from playing flugelhorn alongside Thelonious Monk's piano on 1958's In Orbit (Terry also featured on Monk's landmark Brilliant Corners the previous year) to Quincy Jones' Big Band Bossa Nova in 1960 to the duo he formed with Oscar Peterson in the Seventies
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Jazz Great Clark Terry Dead at 94 (Original Post)
2naSalit
Feb 2015
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Rest in peace
longship
(40,416 posts)2. Mumbles!
And Clark Terry was a weekly player in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band at the Village Vanguard in NYC. Seventeen players, including many prominent names. Gerry Mulligan. Pepper Adams' baritone sax. And of course, Clark Terry's trumpet. I saw them twice. The second time, Clark Terry could not attend, because he also played horn in the Tonight Show band behind Doc Severinson. On this Monday, Johnny was doing the show live, so Clark could not do his normal Monday night gig at the Vanguard. Clark's stand-in that night at the Vanguard was none other than Dizzy Gillespie. It was Sarah Vaughn's birthday, and of course Thad invited her up to scat with him on flugelhorn.
The 1970 jazz scene in NewYork was pretty awesome. And Clark Terry was a big part of it.
RIP, Clark.
Omaha Steve
(99,675 posts)3. I have several old vinyl LPs he plays on
K&R!
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