Clark Terry

Biography

Possessor from the happiest audio in jazz, flügelhornist Clark Terry always played music which was exuberant, swinging, and fun. An excellent (and incredibly exclusive) soloist, Terry obtained popularity for his “Mumbles” vocals (which began being a satire from the much less intelligible historic blues performers) and was also a keen educator. He obtained early knowledge playing trumpet within the practical St. Louis jazz picture of the first ’40s (where he was an motivation for Mls Davis) and, after executing within a Navy music group during World Battle II, he obtained a strong popularity playing with the best music group of Charlie Barnet (1947-1948), the orchestra and little groups of Count number Basie (1948-1951), and especially with Duke Ellington (1951-1959). Terry, a flexible golf swing/bop soloist who began specializing on flügelhorn within the middle-’50s, acquired many features with Ellington (including “Perdido”), and began leading his very own record dates throughout that period. He visited European countries with Harold Arlen’s unsuccessful Totally free & Easy present of 1959-1960 within Quincy Jones’ Orchestra, and joined the personnel of NBC where he was a normal person in the Tonight Present Orchestra. He documented regularly within the ’60s, including a traditional set using the Oscar Peterson Trio and many dates using the quintet he co-led with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Through the entire ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, Terry continued to be a major power, recording and executing in a multitude of configurations, including because the mind of his short-lived big music group within the middle-’70s, with all-star groupings for Pablo, so when a guest musician who provided pleasure in every notice he performed. Terry passed away on Feb 21, 2015, at age group 94, after a protracted struggle with diabetes.

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1	He was one of the first black musicians to hold a staff position at a television network and for 12 years a mainstay of the "Tonight Show" band, as well as one of the most high-profile proponents of teaching jazz at the college level.
2	In later years, he was active in jazz education, appearing at high school and college clinics, writing jazz instruction books, and running a summer jazz camp.
3	In 1942, he joined the Navy, and was assigned to the band at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago.
4	He played with Count Basie and Duke Ellington from the late 1940s through the 1950s. He joined The Tonight Show band, where he played under its famed bandleader Doc Severinsen. He also headed up his own bands, including Clark Terry's Big Bad Band and Clark Terry's Young Titans of Jazz.
5	His mother died when he was 6, and within a few years he was working odd jobs to help support his family. He became interested in music when he heard a relative playing the tuba. When he was 10, he built a makeshift trumpet by attaching a funnel to a garden hose. Neighbors later pitched in to buy him a trumpet from a pawn shop.
6	He was a member of The Tonight Show band during the sixties.
7	Jazz trumpeter, flugelhorist and vocalist.
8	Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1994.



Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1967-1992	TV Series musician - 88 episodes
L'homme aux yeux d'argent	1985	musician
The Hot Rock	1972	soundtrack musician: trumpet
Mickey One	1965	musician: trumpet, fluegel horn
Satan in High Heels	1962	musician: trumpet
Paris Blues	1961	musician - uncredited
Anatomy of a Murder	1959	musician - uncredited
Tonight!	1953-1957	TV Series musician - 76 episodes

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Groove Tube	1974	"Mumbles" / performer: "Mumbles"

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Cosby Mysteries	1994	TV Series	Clark

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Door	1968	Short as Clark 'Mumbles' Terry

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Obkb	2012	TV Series very special thanks - 1 episode

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Keep on Keepin' On	2014	Documentary	Himself
Obkb	2012	TV Series	Himself
Independent Lens	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Cole Nobody Knows	2006	Documentary short
This Is Gary McFarland	2006	Documentary	Himself
Legends of Jazz	2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
Improvisation	2004		Himself
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton	2003	Documentary	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	2003	TV Series	Himself
On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize	2002	TV Movie	Himself
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration	2001	TV Special documentary	Himself
The Miles Davis Story	2001	TV Movie documentary
The 41st Annual Grammy Awards	1999	TV Special	Himself
The 40th Annual Grammy Awards	1998	TV Special	Himself
The 36th Annual Grammy Awards	1994	TV Special	Himself
Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story	1992	Documentary	Himself
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones	1990	Documentary	Himself
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs	1989	Documentary	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1985	TV Series	Himself
Great Vibes! Lionel Hampton & Friends	1982	TV Movie	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards	2016	TV Movie	Himself - In Memoriam
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards	2015	TV Special	Himself - In Memoriam

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2015	Cinema Eye Honors Award	Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US	The Unforgettables	Keep on Keepin' On (2014)



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1	Your mind is a powerful asset. Use it for positive thoughts and you'll learn what I've learned. I call it getting on the plateau of positivity.



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