Search - Artist/Band: Clark Terry

• Name: Clark Terry
• Birthday: 12/14/1920
• Birth Place: St. Louis, MO
• Decades Active: 1950,1960,1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop, Trumpet Jazz
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Confident, Earthy, Elegant, Energetic, Exuberant, Passionate, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated, Stylish, Carefree, Cheerful, Dramatic, Earnest, Freewheeling, Giddy, Happy, Humorous, Irreverent, Literate, Lively, Nostalgic, Quirky, Rousing, Searching, Sentimental, Stately, Warm, Whimsical, Witty, Wry

Title	Release
More/Tread Ye Lightly W	2008
The Chicago Sessions W	07/10/2007
Masters of Jazz W	07/11/2006
Storyville Clark Terry W	07/11/2006
Chilled & Remixed [2006] W	06/27/2006
Supreme Jazz W	03/27/2006
Complete Studio Recordings [Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet] W	09/27/2005
Free and Oozy W	11/16/2004
Chilled & Remixed [2004] W	09/28/2004
Porgy & Bess	09/14/2004
George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess	08/31/2004
Flutin' and Fluglin W	12/04/2002
Clark Terry and His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves W	01/08/2002
Friendship W	2002
A Jazz Symphony W	08/12/2000
One on One W	05/23/2000
Les Incontournables W	03/28/2000
Jazz Ambassador W	04/27/1999
Daylight Express W	04/07/1998
Intimate Stories W	03/03/1998
Ritter der Ronneburg, 1998 W	1998
Express W	1996
Reunion W	11/21/1995
Shades of Blues W	05/13/1994
Metropole Orchestra W	1994
Remember the Time W	1994
What a Wonderful World: For Lou W	02/01/1993
Having Fun W	1990
Jive at Five W	1990
Locksmith Blues WA	06/1989
The Clark Terry Spacemen WA	02/13/1989
To Duke and Basie WA	01/28/1986
Yes, the Blues WA	01/19/1981
Memories of Duke WA	03/11/1980
Funk Dumplin's WA	08/21/1978
Out of Nowhere WA	07/20/1978
Clark After Dark WA	1978
The Globetrotter WA	1977
Clark Terry and His Jolly Giants WA	1975
Spanish Rice WA	02/1967
Gingerbread Men WA	1966
Mumbles WA	1966
The Happy Horns of Clark Terry WA	03/13/1964
The Power of Positive Swinging WA	03/1964
More WA	06/17/1963
What Makes Sammy Swing WA	1963
Mellow Moods WA	1962
Color Changes WA	11/19/1960
Top and Bottom Brass [Riverside] WA	1959
Out on a Limb with Clark Terry	09/1958
In Orbit WA	05/1958
Serenade to a Bus Seat WA	04/1957
Duke with a Difference WA	1957
Swahili WA	1955
Clark Terry [Polygram] WA	1954
Gingerbread WA

Possessor of the happiest sound in jazz, flügelhornist Clark Terry always plays music that is exuberant, swinging, and fun. A brilliant (and very distinctive) soloist, C.T. gained fame for his "Mumbles" vocals (which started as a satire of the less intelligible ancient blues singers) and is also an enthusiastic educator. He gained early experience playing trumpet in the viable St. Louis jazz scene of the early '40s (where he was an inspiration for Miles Davis) and, after performing in a Navy band during World War II, he gained a strong reputation playing with the big band of Charlie Barnet (1947-1948), the orchestra and small groups of Count Basie (1948-1951), and particularly with Duke Ellington (1951-1959). Terry, a versatile swing/bop soloist who started specializing on flügelhorn in the mid-'50s, had many features with Ellington (including "Perdido") and started leading his own record dates during that era. He visited Europe with Harold Arlen's unsuccessful The Free & Easy show of 1959-1960 as part of Quincy Jones' Orchestra, and then joined the staff of NBC where he was a regular member of the Tonight Show Orchestra. He recorded regularly in the 1960s including a classic set with the Oscar Peterson Trio and several dates with the quintet he co-led with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Throughout the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, C.T. remained a major force, recording and performing in a wide variety of settings including at the head of his short-lived big band in the mid-'70s, with all-star groups for Pablo, and as a guest artist who can be expected to provide happiness in every note he plays. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide