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Clark Terry

real name Clark Virgil Terry Jr.

American swing trumpeter

St. Louis, United States · 1920-12-14 – 2015-02-21

Clark Terry is credited on 5,025 releases across 1,006 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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5,025

Credits

1,006

Albums

8

Decades active

423

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American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, vocalist, composer and bandleader; born December 14, 1920, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, died February 21, 2015, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
He worked with both Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He was a major influence on Miles Davis and worked with luminaries such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. He was also an innovator, with the ability to use circular breathing for extended solos and alternating between both horns, with one in each hand, playing ambidextrously. Awarded a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2010.

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5,025 releases · 1,006 albums · active 1952–2026

  • Performance · 7,903
  • Other credits · 333

Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Plaza Sound Studios · A&R Studios

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