Clark
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Clark

The Autobiography of Clark Terry

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Clark

The Autobiography of Clark Terry

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Big Dreams
  7. 2. First Instruments
  8. 3. Kicked Out
  9. 4. The Vashon High Swingsters
  10. 5. First Road Gig
  11. 6. Nigga
  12. 7. Ida Cox
  13. 8. Stranded
  14. 9. Lincoln Inn
  15. 10. On the Road Again
  16. 11. Tennis Shoe Pimp
  17. 12. Jailed
  18. 13. Len Bowden
  19. 14. Navy Days
  20. 15. Gray Clouds
  21. 16. The Big Apple
  22. 17. George Hudson
  23. 18. The Club Plantation
  24. 19. Galloping Dominoes
  25. 20. Tempting Offers
  26. 21. Lionel Hampton
  27. 22. Road Lessons
  28. 23. Pauline
  29. 24. Charlie Barnet
  30. 25. Count Basie
  31. 26. Big Debt
  32. 27. Duke Ellington
  33. 28. Leaving Basie
  34. 29. The University of Ellingtonia
  35. 30. Working with Duke
  36. 31. Duke’s Team
  37. 32. Duke’s Management Arts
  38. 33. Miles and Bird
  39. 34. Billy Strayhorn
  40. 35. Endurances
  41. 36. Flugelhorn
  42. 37. Europe
  43. 38. Norman Granz
  44. 39. Norman’s Battles
  45. 40. Q
  46. 41. NBC
  47. 42. Jim and Andy’s
  48. 43. Johnny and Ed
  49. 44. Mumbles
  50. 45. First House
  51. 46. Big Bad Band
  52. 47. Carnegie Hall
  53. 48. Etoile
  54. 49. Jazz Education Arena
  55. 50. Those NBC Years
  56. 51. Storms
  57. 52. Black Clouds
  58. 53. Keep on Keepin’ On
  59. 54. New Love
  60. 55. Whirlwinds
  61. 56. Through the Storm
  62. 57. Second Chance
  63. 58. The Biggest Surprise