Clark Terry
Born Clark Virgil Terry Jr.
American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, vocalist, composer and bandleader; born December 14, 1920, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, died February 21, 2015, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
He worked with both Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He was a major influence on Miles Davis and worked with luminaries such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. He was also an innovator, with the ability to use circular breathing for extended solos and alternating between both horns, with one in each hand, playing ambidextrously. Awarded a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2010.
