Clark Terry

Biography

Clark Terry was a St. Louis trumpeter and flugelhorn player celebrated for a warm, ringing tone, flawless technique and his comic mumbles vocal style. A featured soloist with *Count Basie* and *Duke Ellington*, he became the first African American staff musician at #NBC# and a long serving member of *The Tonight Show Band*. As a leader he recorded dozens of albums from the 1950s onward, including 'Color Changes' and 'In Orbit', and as an educator he influenced generations of jazz musicians.