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Clark Terry

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in the genre, and a composer and educator. Terrry performed with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington (1951–59), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). He was with The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1972. His career in jazz spanned more than 70 years, during which he became one of the most recorded jazz musicians, appearing on over 900 recordings. Terry also mentored Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, and Terri Lyne Carrington.

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• ▸Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• ▸Battle of Myonessus
• ▸Daniel Auber

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