Tagged: Clark Terry

11:46am

Tue December 13, 2011
Jazz & Blues

2 ways to celebrate the life of jazz great Clark Terry and ‘Keepin on’

Part of the cover of Clark Terry's autobiography.

Trumpeter, composer, bandleader and jazz educator Clark Terry will be 91 years old this week. His 70-plus year career is being celebrated with a couple of biographical events.

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12:10pm

Fri August 5, 2011
Groove Notes

Film to capture influence, mastery of jazz legend Clark Terry

Clark Terry receiving the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2010 Grammys.
Rick Diamond / WireImage.com

With students such as Quincy Jones and Miles Davis and a playing career that includes Duke Ellington and Count Basie, one would expect jazz great Clark Terry to have some pearls of wisdom and a few great stories to share.

And now that influence and inspiration will be brought to the screen in a documentary called “Keep on Keepin’ On.”

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