A LIVING JAZZ LEGEND

CLARK TERRY was born on December 14, 1920, in St. Louis. Missouri.

 He is a living jazz legend, and one of the most recorded musicians in jazz history, having played in over 900 sessions. Terry is a bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, an educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee. His career has spanned more than 70 years.

During that time he has played with the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Quincy Jones,  Charlie Barnet, and others. The great trumpeter Louis Armstrong was his mentor. Terry in turn, was the mentor of the legendary Miles Dewey Davis. Dizzy Gillespie, who played with Davis, once described Terry as the "greatest jazz trumpet player on earth."  

Terry received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. At the age of 94 he is still going strong.

To read the ongoing bio of Clark Terry, Google-search his name.