Biography
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played 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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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Jazz Samba
1962
Genius + Soul = Jazz
1961
The Blues And The Abstract Truth
1961
Ellington Indigos
1958
Brilliant Corners
1957
Money Jungle
1962
Ellington At Newport
1956
Out Of The Cool
1961
The Genius Of Ray Charles
1959
The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
Masterpieces By Ellington
1951
Legrand Jazz
1958
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Jimmy & Wes (The Dynamic Duo)
1967
Movin' Wes
1965
Big Band Bossa Nova
1962
Ellington Uptown
1953
Blues In Orbit
1960
For Those In Love
1955
Coming At You
1968
Big Band Bossa Nova
1962
Otto Preminger's Anatomy Of A Murder (From The Sound Track Of The Motion Picture)
1959
Such Sweet Thunder
1957
Van Full Of Pakistans
1993
Credited work
6,673 releases · 1,000 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 10,899
- Other credits · 603
Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Plaza Sound Studios · Reeves Sound Studios