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Clark

The Autobiography of Clark Terry
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2011

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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.



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Contributor: Clark Terry Clark Terry (1920-2015) had an illustrious career—as an innovative trumpeter and flugelhornist, horn designer, leading jazz educator, and composer—that covered an epic span of jazz history. Winner of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and an NEA Jazz Master, in addition to many other accolades and awards, Terry was the author of Let’s Talk Trumpet: From Legit to Jazz and The Interpretation of the Jazz Language, both with Phil Rizzo.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Preface

    xi
    Quincy Jones
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    Foreword

    xiii
    Bill Cosby
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    Introduction

    xv
    David Demsey
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    1. Big Dreams

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    2. First Instruments

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    3. Kicked Out

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    4. The Vashon High Swingsters

    11
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    5. First Road Gig

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    6. Nigga

    28
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    7. Ida Cox

    33
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    8. Stranded

    39
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    9. Lincoln Inn

    42
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    10. On the Road Again

    48
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    11. Tennis Shoe Pimp

    56
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    12. Jailed

    58
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    13. Len Bowden

    62
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    14. Navy Days

    64
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    15. Gray Clouds

    69
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    16. The Big Apple

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    17. George Hudson

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    18. The Club Plantation

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    19. Galloping Dominoes

    85
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    20. Tempting Offers

    87
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    21. Lionel Hampton

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    22. Road Lessons

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    23. Pauline

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    24. Charlie Barnet

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    25. Count Basie

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    26. Big Debt

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    27. Duke Ellington

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    28. Leaving Basie

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    29. The University of Ellingtonia

    128
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    30. Working with Duke

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    31. Duke’s Team

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    32. Duke’s Management Arts

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    33. Miles and Bird

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    34. Billy Strayhorn

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    35. Endurances

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    36. Flugelhorn

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    37. Europe

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    38. Norman Granz

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    39. Norman’s Battles

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    40. Q

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    41. NBC

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    42. Jim and Andy’s

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    43. Johnny and Ed

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    44. Mumbles

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    45. First House

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    46. Big Bad Band

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    47. Carnegie Hall

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    48. Etoile

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    49. Jazz Education Arena

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    50. Those NBC Years

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    51. Storms

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    52. Black Clouds

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    53. Keep on Keepin’ On

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    54. New Love

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    55. Whirlwinds

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    56. Through the Storm

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    57. Second Chance

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    58. The Biggest Surprise

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    Acknowledgments

    259
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    Honors and Awards

    269
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    Original Compositions

    279
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    Selected Discography

    283
    Tom Lord
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    Index

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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520949782
eBook ISBN: 9780520949782
Keywords for this book
ella fitzgerald; billie holiday; southern jazz; jazz enthusiasts; 20th century jazz; overcoming racism; music during segregation; african american musicians; jazz icons; history of jazz; jazz musician biography; african american history; jim crow; overcoming prejudice; influential musicians; duke ellington; quincy jones; grammy lifetime achievement award; trumpet players; jazz trumpeter; jazz and blues; music history; tonight show; ray charles; influential african americans; musicians; music; count basie; american music
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