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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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
jazz musician
trumpeter
associatedAct Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Oscar Peterson
Quincy Jones
The Tonight Show Band
awardReceived French Order of Arts and Letters
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
NEA Jazz Masters Award
birthDate 1920-12-14
birthPlace St. Louis, Missouri, United States
citizenship United States of America
deathDate 2015-02-21
deathPlace Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States
employer Count Basie Orchestra
Duke Ellington Orchestra
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Terry
genre jazz
givenName Clark
instrument flugelhorn
trumpet
movement bebop
swing
name Clark Virgil Terry Jr.
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
Clark Terry (1955 album)
Color Changes
In Orbit
Mumbles
Oscar Peterson Trio + One
linked to: Oscar Peterson Trio

Serenade to a Bus Seat
The Power of Positive Swinging
Tonight
occupation flugelhornist
jazz trumpeter
music educator
recordLabel Concord Records
Impulse! Records
Pablo Records
Verve Records

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Clark Virgil Terry Jr. name Clark Virgil Terry Jr.