Clark Terry
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American swing and bebop musician
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#812
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#139
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Why Is Clark Terry Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Clark Virgil Terry Jr. was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet , Count Basie , Duke Ellington , Quincy Jones , and Oscar Peterson . 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.
