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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Clark Virgil Terry Jr. canonical 2

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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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