Clark Virgil Terry Jr.

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Clark Virgil Terry Jr. was an influential American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist renowned for his work with the Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras and for mentoring generations of musicians.

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instanceOf human
jazz musician
trumpeter
associatedAct Count Basie NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Oscar Peterson NERFINISHED
Quincy Jones NERFINISHED
The Tonight Show Band NERFINISHED
awardReceived French Order of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED
NEA Jazz Masters Award NERFINISHED
birthDate 1920-12-14
birthPlace St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
deathDate 2015-02-21
deathPlace Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States NERFINISHED
employer Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington Orchestra NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Terry NERFINISHED
genre jazz
givenName Clark NERFINISHED
instrument flugelhorn
trumpet
movement bebop
swing
name Clark Virgil Terry Jr. NERFINISHED
notableAchievement developed scat style known as "Mumbles"
mentor to generations of jazz musicians
one of the first African-American musicians in the NBC Tonight Show band
pioneer of flugelhorn in jazz
taught and influenced musicians such as Miles Davis and Quincy Jones
notableWork Clark After Dark NERFINISHED
Clark Terry (1955 album) NERFINISHED
Color Changes NERFINISHED
In Orbit NERFINISHED
Mumbles NERFINISHED
Oscar Peterson Trio + One NERFINISHED
Serenade to a Bus Seat NERFINISHED
The Power of Positive Swinging NERFINISHED
Tonight NERFINISHED
occupation flugelhornist
jazz trumpeter
music educator
recordLabel Concord Records NERFINISHED
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED
Pablo Records NERFINISHED
Verve Records

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Clark Terry fullName Clark Virgil Terry Jr.