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’

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

Credit 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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