Clark Terry

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Born

12/14/1920

Age

104

Credit(s)

7

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 Th ...Show More