Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920) is an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee.He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–1951), Duke Ellington (1951–1959) and Quincy Jones (1960). Terry's career in jazz spans more than seventy years and he is one of the most recorded of jazz musicians.
Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Bailey, Duke Eillington and His Orchestra
Movies
Clark Terry: Live in Concert, Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington: Live in '58, Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux: Clark Terry Sextet '77, Woody Herman: Fanfare for the Common Man, Jazz Icons: Oscar Peterson: Live in '63, '64 & '65, Teddy Wilson: In Europe: 1969-1970, Woody Herman: Woodchopper's Ball, The D...
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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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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.
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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.
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In 1942, he joined the Navy, and was assigned to the band at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago.
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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.
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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.
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He was a member of The Tonight Show band during the sixties.
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Jazz trumpeter, flugelhorist and vocalist.
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1994.
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
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Groove Tube
1974
"Mumbles" / performer: "Mumbles"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
TV Series
Clark
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Door
1968
Short as Clark 'Mumbles' Terry
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Obkb
2012
TV Series very special thanks - 1 episode
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
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
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
The Unforgettables
Keep on Keepin' On (2014)
Known for movies
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967-1992) as Music Department
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