Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri), nicknamed Mumbles, is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Master. Wikipedia
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Clark Terry brought some 60 years of jazz trumpet history to life at Jazz Alley, distilling decades of playing with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, and Johnny Carson's Tonight Show bands, amongst others. brucecmoore.com/pages/clarkterry.html
Born in St. Louis, Clark Terry made his first trumpet out of garden hose, attended Vashon High School, and played in local clubs before joining a Navy band during World War II. www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/clark-terry.html
