Clark Terry

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flugelhornist human jazz musician trumpeter

Clark Terry was an acclaimed American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist known for his virtuosic playing, influential work in both big bands and small groups, and his role as a mentor to generations of jazz musicians.

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Clark Terry canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flugelhornist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
awardReceived DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: DownBeat Hall of Fame induction

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ⓘ
surface form: French Order of Arts and Letters

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath diabetes-related complications ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-12-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-02-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Vashon High School ⓘ
employer NBC ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Terrence ⓘ
surface form: Terry
fullName Clark Virgil Terry Jr. ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
givenName Clark ⓘ
hasSignatureStyle use of scat singing persona "Mumbles" ⓘ
hasWebsite http://www.clarkterry.com/ ⓘ
influenced Dianne Reeves ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Quincy Jones ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
instrument flugelhorn ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
militaryService United States Navy ⓘ
notableAchievement one of the first African-American regulars in a network television band ⓘ
pioneered the use of flugelhorn in jazz big bands ⓘ
notableRole mentor to generations of jazz musicians ⓘ
notableWork Clark After Dark ⓘ
In Orbit ⓘ
Mumbles ⓘ
Serenade to a Bus Seat ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
flugelhornist ⓘ
jazz trumpeter ⓘ
music educator ⓘ
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Pine Bluff, Arkansas ⓘ
surface form: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States
recordLabel Impulse! Records ⓘ
Mainstream Records ⓘ
Riverside Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Gwen Terry ⓘ

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Miles Davis → influencedBy → Clark Terry ⓘ
Pablo Records → releasedMusicBy → Clark Terry ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra → associatedAct → Clark Terry ⓘ
Sir John Dankworth → notableCollaboration → Clark Terry ⓘ
EmArcy Records → notableArtist → Clark Terry ⓘ
Prestige Records → notableArtist → Clark Terry ⓘ
Teresa Brewer → notableCollaboration → Clark Terry ⓘ
Oscar Peterson Trio → associatedAct → Clark Terry ⓘ
Pablo Live → featuresArtist → Clark Terry ⓘ
Pablo Today → hasNotableArtist → Clark Terry ⓘ
Riverside Records → recordedArtist → Clark Terry ⓘ