| Title: |
Clark Terry
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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| Collection: |
Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Clark Terry is a jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player and teacher of jazz. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920, Terry began playing
trumpet at an early age, was self-taught and has played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones and the NBC Orchestra.
He is known for his articulation, elongation of passages and bent notes. Terry is currently teaching at the Clark Terry Institute
of Jazz at the University of Iowa in LeMars, Iowa; performing in jazz festivals, clubs, and occasionally with his quintet and
Lionel Hampton and the Golden Men.
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| URL: |
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIMED/JAZZHIST/ctecat.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1993 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Terry, Clark, 1920-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1920
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| Speaker place of birth: |
St. Louis, MO; Missouri; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Jazz musician; Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document location: |
New York, NY
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| Document date: |
15-Sep-1993
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| Interviewer: |
Owens, Jimmy
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Chicago, IL; History; Illinois; Jazz; Jazz musicians; Music; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Jazz scene; Music history
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024716-26419
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