Remembering Clark Terry on his birthday 🎂
📷 Roberto Polillo, 1970
"Terry stands as tall in the evolution of his horn as anyone who has emerged since 1940."
- Stanley Crouch
Clark Terry by Dennis Stock, 1958
One of Duke Ellington’s 4 star trumpeters, with Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker & Ray Nance
Clark Terry by Jack Vartoogian, from 1997
Straight, No Chaser, with Clark Terry on flugelhorn, with Bob Brookmeyer on valve trombone:
Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
"Ode to a Flugelhorn", a Clark Terry composition
From The Power of Positive Swinging, 1965
On Clark Terry's birthday, I'm listening to his 1957 album Duke With a Difference, with Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn & Tyree Glenn.
A wonderful cover photo by Paul Weller
And a beautiful, intimate portrait of Clark Terry by Don Schlitten on the cover of his 1961 album Everything's Mellow.
Joe Benjamin, bass
Charlie Persip, drums
Junior Mance, piano
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