Clark

The Autobiography of Clark Terry

Clark Terry, Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones , Gwen Terry

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University of California Press
12 June 2015

Music; Jazz; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greats: Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, and Dianne Reeves, among many others. Terry also reveals much about his own personal life, his experiences with racism, how he helped break the color barrier in 1960 when he joined the Tonight Show band on NBC, and why, at ninety years old, his students from around the world still call and visit him for lessons.

By: Clark Terry
Preface by: Quincy Jones
Foreword by: Bill Cosby
Introduction by: David Demsey
Contributions by: Gwen Terry
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520287518
ISBN 10: 0520287517
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 12 June 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clark Terry's illustrious career--as an innovative trumpeter and flugelhornist, horn designer, leading jazz educator, and composer--has covered an epic span of jazz history. An NEA Jazz Master and winner of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, in addition to many other accolades and awards, Terry is the author of Let's Talk Trumpet: From Legit to Jazz and The Interpretation of the Jazz Language, both with Phil Rizzo.

Reviews for Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry

"""'Clark' chronicles, in endearing prose, Terry's personal and professional journey... Onstage and in the backroom, Terry and his trumpet shared a front-row seat to jazz history. ""Clark"" is nothing short of that remarkable story."" -- Alexander Heffner San Francisco Chronicle ""Terry's wonderful book is a true labor of love."" -- Peter Vacher Jazzwise"