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Clark Terry

American swing trumpeter

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

Clark Terry is credited on 5,027 releases across 1,004 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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5,027

Pressings credited

1,004

Albums

8

Decades active

383

In collections

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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5,027 releases · 1,004 albums · active 1952–2026

  • Performance · 7,905
  • Other credits · 333

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

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