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Clark Terry
Person · male · United States · St. Louis · born 1920 · died 2015 · recording since 1947
American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015)
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Also known as C Terry · Clark Virgil Terry, Jr. · 克拉克·泰瑞
Timeline
71 events▣ Album 65✦ Award 3◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
1940s
· Debut release
Debut release: Weedin’ the Rhapsody / Phalanges / Sleep
First documented EP in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
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Biography
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in the genre, and a composer and educator.
Terry performed with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington (1951–59), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). He was with The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1972. His career in jazz spanned more than 70 years, during which he became one of the most recorded jazz musicians, appearing on over 900 recordings. Terry also mentored Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, and Terri Lyne Carrington.
Early life
Terry was born to Clark Virgil Terry Sr. and Mary Terry in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 14, 1920. He attended Vashon High School and began his professional career in the early 1940s, playing in local clubs. He served as a bandsman in the United States Navy during World War II. His first instrument was the valve trombone.
Big band era
Blending the St. Louis tone with contemporary styles, Terry's years with Basie and Ellington (who secretly recruited Terry away from Basie) in the late 1940s and 1950s established his prominence. During his period with Ellington, he took part in many of the composer's suites and acquired a reputation for his wide range of styles (from swing to hard bop), technical proficiency, and good humor. Terry influenced musicians including Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, both of whom acknowledged Terry's influence during the early stages of their careers. Terry had informally taught Davis while they were still in St. Louis, and Jones during Terry's frequent visits to Seattle with the Count Basie Sextet.
After leaving Ellington in 1959, Clark's international recognition soared when he accepted an offer from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) to become a staff musician. He appeared for ten years on The Tonight Show as a member of the Tonight Show Band until 1972, first led by Skitch Henderson and later by Doc Severinsen, where his unique "mumbling" scat singing led to a hit with "Mumbles
MumblesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracksA1The Mumbler Strikes AgainA2Big SpenderA3Rum And MumblesA4The Shadow Of Your SmileA5MumblesB1Grand Dad's BluesB2The Cat From CadizB3NeverB4I'm Beginning To See The LightB5Night SongB6El Blues Latino". Terry was the first African American to become a regular in a band on a major U.S. television network. He later said, "We had to be models, because I knew we were in a test. ... We couldn't have a speck on our trousers. We couldn't have a wrinkle in the clothes. We couldn't have a dirty shirt."
Clark has many relationships in the music world and they all speak highly of him. One of those relationships was Quincy Jones, who wrote the preface to Terry's autobiography. Jones led a band for the musical Free and Easy in 1959, and Terry left Duke Ellington's orchestra to join them in Belgium.
Terry continued to play with musicians such as trombonist J. J. Johnson and pianist Oscar Peterson, and led a group with valve-trombonist Bob Brookmeyer that achieved some success in the early 1960s. In February 1965, Brookmeyer and Terry appeared on BBC Two's Jazz 625. In 1967, presented by Norman Granz, he was recorded at Poplar Town Hall in the BBC series Jazz at the Philharmonic, alongside James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, Bob Cranshaw, Louie Bellson, and T-Bone Walker.In the 1970s, Terry concentrated increasingly on the flugelhorn, which he played with a full, ringing tone. In addition to his studio work and teaching at jazz workshops, Terry toured regularly in the 1980s with small groups (including Peterson's) and performed as the leader of his Big B-A-D Band (formed around 1970). After financial difficulties forced him to break up the that band, he performed with bands such as the Unifour Jazz Ensemble. His humor and command of jazz trumpet styles are apparent in his "dialogues" with himself, on different instruments or on the same instrument, muted and unmuted.
Later career
From the 1970s through the 1990s, Terry performed at Carnegie Hall, The Town Hall, and Lincoln Center, toured with the Newport Jazz All Stars and Jazz at the Philharmonic, and was featured with Skitch Henderson's New York Pops Orchestra. In 1998, Terry recorded George Gershwin's "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to Gershwin, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.
In November 1980, he was a headliner along with Anita O'Day, Lionel Hampton and Ramsey Lewis during the opening two-week ceremony performances celebrating the short-lived resurgence of the Blue Note Lounge at the Marriott O'Hare Hotel near Chicago.
Prompted early in his career by Billy Taylor, Terry and Milt Hinton bought instruments for and gave instruction to young hopefuls, which planted the seed that became Jazzmobile in Harlem. This venture tugged at Terry's greatest love: involving youth in the perpetuation of jazz. From 2000 onwards, he hosted Clark Terry Jazz Festivals on land and sea, held his own jazz camps, and appeared in more than fifty jazz festivals on six continents. Terry composed more than two hundred jazz songs and performed for eight U.S. Presidents.
He also had several recordings with major groups including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Dutch Metropole Orkest, and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, hundreds of high school and college ensembles, his own duos, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, octets, and two big bands: Clark Terry's Big Bad Band and Clark Terry's Young Titans of Jazz.
In February 2004, Terry guest starred as himself on Little Bill, a children's television series. Terry was a resident of Bayside, Queens, and Corona, Queens, New York, later moving to Haworth, New Jersey, and then Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
His autobiography was published in 2011. Taylor Ho Bynum wrote in The New Yorker that it "captures his gift for storytelling and his wry humor, especially in chronicling his early years on the road, with struggles through segregation and gigs in juke joints and carnivals, all while developing one of most distinctive improvisational voices in music history."
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings notes that Terry appears on more of its listed recordings than any other artist. According to his own website, Terry was "one of the most recorded jazz artists in history and had performed for eight American Presidents." He was adept in the challenging technique of circular breathing, by which an instrumentalist can play for extended periods without stopping for breath, and in 1976 he published his Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing for Woodwind and Brass Instruments.
In April 2014, the documentary Keep on Keepin' On, followed Terry over four years, to document his mentorship of the 23-year-old blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin, as Kauflin prepared to compete in an elite, international competition.
In December 2014, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Cécile McLorin Salvant visited Terry, who had celebrated his 94th birthday on December 14, at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center. A lively rendition of "Happy Birthday" was played.
Death and tributes
On February 13, 2015, it was announced that Terry had entered hospice care to manage his advanced diabetes. He died on February 21, 2015.
Writing in The New York Times, Peter Keepnews said Terry "was acclaimed for his impeccable musicianship, loved for his playful spirit and respected for his adaptability. Although his sound on both trumpet and the rounder-toned flugelhorn (which he helped popularize as a jazz instrument) was highly personal and easily identifiable, he managed to fit it snugly into a wide range of musical contexts."
Writing in UK's The Daily Telegraph, Martin Chilton said, "Terry was a music educator and had a deep and lasting influence on the course of jazz. Terry became a mentor to generations of jazz players, including Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis and composer-arranger Quincy Jones."
Interviewing Terry in 2005, fellow jazz trumpeter Scotty Barnhart said he was "... one of the most incredibly versatile musicians to ever live ... a jazz trumpet master that played with the greatest names in the history of the music".
Southeast Missouri State University hosts the Clark Terry / Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival, an annual tribute to the musician. The festival began in 1998 and has grown in size every year. It showcases outstanding student musicians and guest artists at the university's River Campus.
The University of New Hampshire hosts the Clark Terry Jazz Festival every year; it showcases middle- and high-school jazz musicians from all over New England.
Awards and honors
Over 250 awards, medals and honors, including:
Induction into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame (2013)
2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, two Grammy certificates, three Grammy-Award nominations
Induction into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame
National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award (1991)
1988 Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music
Sixteen honorary doctorates
Keys to several cities
Jazz Ambassador for U.S. State Department tours in the Middle East and Africa
A knighthood in Germany
Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award, presented by the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity in (1985). Terry was awarded honorary membership in the Fraternity by the Beta Zeta chapter at the College of Emporia (1968).
An honorary member of the Iota Phi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity (2011), at the University of New Hampshire
The French Order of Arts and Letters (2000)
A life-sized wax figure for the Black World History Museum in St. Louis
Inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame (1996)
NARAS Present's Merit Award (2005)
Trumpeter of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association (2005)
As leader/co-leader
Clark Terry (EmArcy, 1955)
The Jazz School with Joe Gordon, Paul Gonsalves (Wing, 1955)
Serenade to a Bus Seat (Riverside, 1957)
Duke with a Difference (Riverside, 1957)
Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (Argo, 1958) – rec. 1957
In Orbit with Thelonious Monk (Riverside, 1958)
Top and Bottom Brass (Riverside, 1959)
Color Changes (Candid, 1961) – rec. 1960
Everything's Mellow (Prestige/Moodsville, 1961)
Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (Moodsville, 1962)
Back in Bean's Bag (Columbia, 1963) – rec. 1962
Tread Ye Lightly (Cameo, 1964)
What Makes Sammy Swing (20th Century Fox, 1964)
The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (Impulse!, 1964)
Tonight with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1965) – rec. 1964
The Power of Positive Swinging with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1965)
Gingerbread Men with Bob Brookmeyer (Mainstream, 1966)
Mumbles (Mainstream, 1966)
Spanish Rice with Chico O'Farrill (Impulse!, 1966)
It's What's Happenin' (Impulse!, 1967)
Soul Duo with Shirley Scott (Impulse!, 1967)
At the Montreux Jazz Festival (Polydor, 1970) – rec. 1969
In Concert: Live (Etoile, 1973)
Previously Unreleased Recordings with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1974)
Clark Terry's Big B-A-D Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival (Vanguard, 1975)
Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry with Oscar Peterson (Pablo, 1975)
Wham/Live at the Jazz House (MPS, 1976)
Professor Jive (Inner City, 1976)
The Globetrotter (Vanguard, 1977)
Clark After Dark: The Ballad Artistry of Clark Terry (MPS, 1978)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Pablo, 1979)
Mother———! Mother———!! with Zoot Sims (Pablo, 1980) – rec. 1979
Memories of Duke (Pablo, 1980)
Yes, the Blues (Pablo, 1981)
To Duke and Basie (Enja, 1986)
Live 1964 (Emerald, 1987) – live rec. 1964
Portraits (Chesky, 1989)
Squeeze Me (Chiaroscuro, 1989)
Having Fun (Delos, 1990)
Live at the Village Gate (Chesky, 1991)
Music in the Garden (Jazz Heritage, 1993)
What a Wonderful World (Red Baron, 1993)
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Clark Terry (Jazz Alliance, 1994)
Mellow Moods (Prestige, 1994)
Big Band Basie with Frank Wess (Reference, 1995)
The Second Set: Recorded Live at the Village Gate (Chesky, 1995)
Clark Terry with Peewee Claybrook and Swing Fever (D'Note, 1995)
Live in Chicago Vol. 1 (Monad, 1995)
Live in Chicago Vol. 2 (Monad, 1995)
Top and Bottom (Chiaroscuro, 1995)
Clark Terry Express (Reference, 1996)
The Songs Ella & Louis Sang with Carol Sloane (Concord Jazz, 1997)
One on One (Chesky, 2000)
The Hymn (Candid, 2001) – live rec. 1993
Live in Concert (Image, 2001)
Friendship with Max Roach (Columbia, 2002)
Live on QE2 (Chiaroscuro, 2002)
George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (Americana, 2004)
Live at Marihans (Chiaroscuro, 2005)
Louie and Clark Expedition 2 with Louie Bellson (Percussion Power, 2008)
Carnegie Blues: The Music of Duke Ellington (Squatty Roo, 2015)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 29 | 89.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 105 | 98.1th |
| Studio albums | 66 | 99.6th |
| Awards recorded | 14 | 99.2th |
| Timeline events | 71 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 68 | 99.4th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (105 release groups · 66 studio albums)
Albums · 66
1955 · studio album
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A1Swahili6:05A2Double Play3:30A3Slow Boat4:25A4Co-Op3:43B1Kitten5:30B2The Countess6:38B3Tuma3:02B4Chuckles1957 · studio album
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A1CaravanA2CandyA3Clarke’s ExpeditionA4Trumpet Mouthpiece BluesB1PhlangesB2Blues For Daddy O’s Jazz Patio BluesB3Basin StreetB4Daylite ExpressB5Taking A Chance On Love1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 41:28
A1Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue)6:34A2Brother Terry3:51A3Flutin' and Fluglin'6:38A4No Problem5:43B1La Rive Gauche5:24B2Nahstye Blues5:52B3Chat Qui Pêche (A Cat That Fishes)7:261960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:40
A1Blues for the Champ of Champs11:04A2Clark Bars6:56A3Serenade to a Bus Seat4:02B1Pannonica No.26:22B2Lonely One3:21B3Satin Doll4:551960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 35:29
A1Groun' Hog8:10A2Tate-A-Tate4:09A3Snatchin' It Back5:37B1#20 Ladbroke Square6:20B2All Too Soon4:11B3Take the "A" Train7:021961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1This Love of MineA2This Can't Be LoveA3These DuesA4SkylarkA5They Can't Take That AwayB1If You but KnewB2Somebody Loves MeB3Willow Weep for MeB4I'll Never Stop Loving YouB5I Cried for You1963 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks
A1A Tune for the TutorA2Don't Worry 'Bout MeA3Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)B1Feedin' The BeanB2MichelleB3Squeeze Me1963 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 32:47
A1Storm4:13A2I've Just Seen Her4:14A3Fly Time Fly (Sigh)4:26A4Conception3:59B1Get Away Blues5:42B2My Funny Valentine5:23B3One Note4:50The Happy Horns of Clark Terry
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 31:22
A1Rockin’ in Rhythm4:41A2In a Mist4:08A3Return to Swahili3:04A4Ellington Rides Again: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore / Perdido / I’m Beginning to See the Light2:56B1Impulsive4:39B2Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me3:37B3Jazz Conversations4:29B4High Towers3:48Oscar Peterson Trio + One: Clark Terry
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:08
A1Brotherhood of Man3:56A2Jim3:04A3Blues for Smedley7:02A4Roundalay3:59A5Mumbles2:01B1Mack the Knife5:08B2They Didn’t Believe Me4:25B3Squeaky’s Blues3:33B4I Want a Little Girl5:15B5Incoherent Blues2:451964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 35:05
A1Georgia on My Mind4:25A2Free and Oozy2:55A3Misty4:00A4Sapphire Blue4:05A5Sweet Juke2:10B1Lilies of the Field (Amen)4:30B2Tread Ye Lightly8:00B3Freedom Blues5:001966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1The Mumbler Strikes AgainA2Big SpenderA3Rum And MumblesA4The Shadow Of Your SmileA5MumblesB1Grand Dad's BluesB2The Cat From CadizB3NeverB4I'm Beginning To See The LightB5Night SongB6El Blues Latino1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:44
A1South of the Border2:06A2Acapulco at Night2:52A3Fantastic, That’s You2:54A4Limehouse Blues3:37A5Tijuana2:09A6Marcheta2:25B1Granny’s Samba3:30B2Soul Bird4:01B3Mexicali Rose2:27B4Ira Schwartz’s Golden Dream3:32B5Mary Jane3:05B6Sweet Georgia Brown2:061967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 36:22
A1Soul Duo5:45A2Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)5:40A3This Light Of Mine3:30A4Joonji3:51B1Clark Bars4:10B2Taj Mahal4:00B3Up A Hair4:59B4Heat Wave4:271967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 35:50
A1Electric Mumbles3:51A2Secret Love6:15A3Take Me Back to Elkhart7:11B1Take the 'A' Train5:03B2Tee Pee Time6:25B3Grand Canyon Suite7:051972 · studio album
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1I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good2Lament3Take The A Train4Come Sunday5Once I Loved6What Else Is New7Stardust8Swiss Aires9Mumbles10My GalClark Terry And His Jolly Giants
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:56
A1Flintstones Theme3:47A2God Bless the Child5:35A3The Hymn3:42A4On the Trail5:48A5Top ’n’ Bottom2:44B1Never4:39B2Somewhere Over the Rainbow5:09B3Bobby A2:50B4Straight No Chaser3:53B5Samba de Gumz5:491976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 45:22
A1Dirty Old Man4:33A2On the Trail5:14A3Fading Fleur5:02A4Hymn for Kim5:43A5Take the “A” Train3:14B1Shell Game5:08B2Here’s That Rainy Day5:03B3Rock Skipping (at the Blue Note)3:23B4Big Band Name8:02Professor Jive: A Jazz Symphony by Charles Schwartz
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 40:45
A1Professor Jive: 1st Mvt - Riffs10:35A2Professor Jive: 2nd Mvt - Biffs7:40B1Professor Jive: 3rd Mvt - Whiffs10:30B2Professor Jive: 4th Mvt - Tiffs12:001976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 36:16
A1Cool Blues3:37A2Shawnuff4:33A3Relaxin' at Camarillo6:17A4Bongo Bop4:57B1The Hymn5:46B2Communion6:14B3Bongo Beep4:521977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 41:36
A1Canadian Sunset7:46A2Autumn Leaves6:37A3One Foot in the Gutter5:50B1Zip Co-Ed3:49B2Satin Doll8:05B3The Globetrotter4:49B4Misty4:401978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:04
A1Out of Nowhere5:58A2Whiffinpoof Song4:46A3Blue Moon7:26B1Days and Wine and Roses7:43B2What Will I Tell My Heart6:25B3Putte's Patter3:461979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 42:59
A1Jitterbug Waltz5:41A2Your Feet's Too Big5:40A3Honeysuckle Rose3:09A4Mean To Me2:45A5It's A Sin To Tell A Lie4:10B1Ain't Misbehavin'3:05B2Squeeze Me4:20B3Handful Of Keys4:19B4(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue2:29B5I Can't Give You Anything But Love4:29B6The Joint Is Jumpin'2:52Mother———! Mother———!!: A Jazz Symphony
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 37:14
A1Mother———! Mother———!!: First Movement “Celebration”8:52A2Mother———! Mother———!!: Second Movement “Jubilation”11:15B1Mother———! Mother———!!: Third Movement “Exultation”7:12B2Mother———! Mother———!!: Fourth Movement “Revelation”9:551981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 43:24
A1Diddlin'8:49A2Railroad Porter's Blues5:38A3Swingin' the Blues7:06B1Marina Bay Rednecks7:50B2Quicksand4:08B3The Snapper5:10B4Kidney Stew4:431986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 40:36
A1Straight Up2:45A2Take Double2:48A3Traffic Jam5:35A4Blues for K. K.8:04B1Miami Stretch6:47B2It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)8:27B3Climbing Old Fuji6:101988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 40:36
1Rhythm-A-Ning8:332Just Friends9:063In a Mellotone14:464Straight No Chaser8:111988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 44:49
1Funk Dumplin's5:092Serenity4:203Brushes and Brass3:134Beautiful5:185Snavset Blues5:496Bayside Cookout6:297Somebody Done Stole My Blues4:128A Child Is Born5:169Silly Samba5:031989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 56:36
1Pennies From Heaven6:052Sugar Blues4:373Autumn Leaves4:444Finger Filibuster3:555Little Jazz5:476When It's Sleepy Time Down South5:147Jive at Five8:128Ciribiribin3:509Ow3:3610I Can't Get Started4:3111I Don't Wanna Be Kissed6:051990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 57:41
1Jive at Five5:482Late Date5:433Sophisticated Lady7:174Love You Madly5:415Cottontail (take 1)5:106Cottontail (take 2)5:147Cute (take 1)5:388Cute (take 2)5:389Big'n the Bear2:4710Prelude to a Kiss4:5111Lester Leaps In3:541990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:10:40
1Mumbles4:452Ask Me Now7:033Meet the Flintstones4:124The Nearness of You6:045It Isn't Easy Being Green8:506The Snapper7:047Never3:428Don't Blame Me6:439Imagination6:4210Laura4:4111Mule's Soft Claw5:1912Tee Pee Time5:351990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:37
1Passion Flower4:272Happy Go Lucky Local4:283Echoes of Harlem4:014Sophisticated Lady8:275Things Ain't What They Used to Be5:056I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart3:287Cotton Tail2:168Everything but You7:519Come Sunday2:341990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:32
1"C" Jam Blues3:062In a Sentimental Mood2:593Cotton Tail6:564Just Squeeze Me6:185Mood Indigo6:586Take the "A" Train3:327In a Mellow Tone5:098Come Sunday3:341991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:38
1Blue and Sentimental - Mood Indigo5:042Almost Blue5:193Meditation6:174Come Sunday5:215A Beautiful Friendship7:256Last Night When We Were Young3:207Lotus Blossom4:388A Love So Strong5:599This Lament6:0910Heart's Desire4:06What a Wonderful World (For Louis & Duke)
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 47:48
1Duke’s Place6:362Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool7:423Star Crossed Lovers4:474Baby Clementine5:035Take the “A” Train8:266What a Wonderful World5:047Boy From New Orleans4:428For Louis and Duke5:281993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 58:33
1Now's The Time9:192Satin Doll12:483I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good6:294In A Mellow Tone11:375One Two Blues, You Know What To Do7:466Just Squeeze Me9:357Take The "A" Train0:59Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Clark Terry
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks
1Conversation2The Snapper3Conversation4Come Sunday5Conversation6There'll Be Other Times7Conversation8Mumbles9Conversation10The Simple Waltz11Conversation12Michelle13Conversation14Memories of You15Conversation16Wham!1994 · studio album
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1Should I?6:562Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise7:173Just Squeeze Me10:184No Greater Love7:305My Funny Valentine8:026Have You Met Miss Jones?8:327I Hear A Rhapsody7:098Payin' Them Berlin Dues Blues10:05Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 54:10
1[conversation]4:452The Snapper1:513[conversation]6:494Come Sunday2:165[conversation]1:196There'll Be Other Times4:007[conversation]2:568Mumbles2:189[conversation]7:1910The Simple Waltz3:5111[conversation]4:4512Michelle2:1813[conversation]2:5314Memories of You2:3015[conversation]1:1016Wham!2:5817[conversation]0:121995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:56
1The Story of Love3:382Definitly So3:593Hot Sauce3:124On the Side5:355Gypsy5:136In Orbit6:017Ode to a Fluegelhorn5:398Gwen3:149Don't Ask4:5910Cattin8:0911Remember the Time3:171995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 52:15
1Misty5:332Nature Boy4:263Georgia on My Mind5:254November Song5:075Clark After Dark6:166Willow Weep for Me5:507Yesterdays4:278Emily4:339Angel Eyes5:3310Girl Talk5:05Clark Terry – Metropole Orchestra
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 50:09
1Mean to Me4:042I’m an Old Cowhand4:263Candy3:374Blues for Jay6:115Samba de Orfeu6:426Gwen4:087Come Sunday5:518It Could Happen to You4:249Mood Indigo6:5210Them From “The Flintstones”3:541995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:23
1The Story of Love3:412Definitely So4:003Hot Sauce3:144On the Side5:375Gypsy5:166In Orbit6:037Ode to a Fluegelhorn5:438Gwen3:189Don't Ask5:0210Cattin'8:1211Remember the Time3:171995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:15:00
1Blues for Gypsy9:572Swinging the Blues5:083Corner Pocket8:544Primping at the Prom4:015For Dancers Only7:316Spacemen6:257Just Squeeze Me7:068Jones7:049Jazzspeak18:541995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:19
1Milli-Terry4:202The Swinging Chemise6:583My Heart Belongs to Daddy3:144Blues for Etta7:225Top 'N' Bottom4:5161278:077A Sunday of Love3:248Mardi Gras Waltz4:031995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 54:33
1Hip Hat Blues4:332Sluggo7:233Salty Mama3:264The View From Glencove2:015Whispering The Blues4:116Cool Vibes6:477Greazy Blues7:248Funky Butt4:449Parker's Mood3:3710Hooties Blues2:5111St. Louis Blues7:361996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:42
1Just Squeeze Me4:222Juniflip4:093Rockin' In Rhythm4:084Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'6:155The Star-Crossed Lovers6:476Easy Does It4:477C.T.'s Express5:348Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me4:539I Want A Little Girl4:3610Launching Pad4:3811Harlem Airshaft3:2912Nodido5:1913Cotton Tail3:2314Something To Live For6:221996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 52:11
1Jones5:292Limehouse Blues5:533Chelsea Bridge6:144Can't We Be Friends5:165Top 'n' Bottom4:056My Funny Valentine5:467Candy4:178Three Little Words3:529A New York Tourist in Paris4:3310T.P. Time6:461997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:18
1I Won’t Dance5:002Tenderly4:223Don’t Be That Way6:174Can’t We Be Friends4:325Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You?4:296Autumn in New York5:357Let’s Do It5:078The Stars Fell on Alabama4:579Moonlight in Vermont4:1310Blueberry Hill5:3711Stompin’ at the Savoy5:4312When It’s Sleepy Time Down South3:261997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:30
1It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)3:252Swingin' the Blues2:543I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good5:514Moten Swing4:435Hey Mr. Mumbles, What Did You Say?4:236Big 'n' The Bear2:117Shiny Stockings4:518C Jam Blues4:129Thank You for Everything5:2910It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)2:311998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:05:06
1Caravan2:042Candy2:253Clark's Expedition2:334Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues4:085Phalanges3:066Blues for Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues4:367Basin Street Blues2:488Daylight Express2:209Taking a Chance on Love2:2210Festival6:5711Clark's Bars3:4012Daddy-O's Patio2:1813Blues5:0314Impeccable4:2215Paul's Idea2:5016Phat Bach3:2117Milli Terry2:3618Funky4:0519The Girl I Call Baby3:321998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 58:18
1Putte's Patter3:462Brahm's Lullaby7:573Out Of Nowhere5:584The Perils Of Pauline8:425Whiffin' Poof Song4:366What Will I Tell My Heart6:247Blue Moon7:248Simple Waltz6:009The Days Of Wine And Roses7:311999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:30
1Take the "A" Train6:062Satin Doll2:573Sophisticated Lady4:274Cotton Tail4:085I'm Beginning to See the Light4:246Something to Live For5:087Don't Get Around Much Anymore2:598Perdido3:169Creole Love Call6:3910I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart2:2111Rockin' in Rhythm5:0912Mood Indigo5:562000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 57:10
1Serenade to a Bus Seat4:182Just a Simple Waltz5:403Royal Street Shuffle3:494Creole Love Call6:385Sweet Emma6:056Struttin' With Some BBQ4:547Sheba5:088Creepin' With Clark6:009Jive at Five8:3310One Foot in the Gutter6:05A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 55:18
1Let Me Off Uptown4:492Topsy4:403A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird4:334I Wan't a Little Girl4:565Don't Be That Way4:156Lester Leaps In4:377Sittin' and Rockin'4:428You Go to My Head5:349Moten Swing6:5710The Joint Is Jumpin'3:4311Come Sunday6:322002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 42 tracks · 3:18:24
Disc 11L.O.V.E.5:102Just for a Thrill4:303Liza All the Clouds'll Roll3:404Intimacy of the Blues4:065You Can Depend on Me3:216Memories of You4:527Honeysuckle Rose8:098Willow Grove3:589Solitude5:3310Blue Monk4:0611Misty6:5412Swingin' the Blues3:4813Jungle Blues3:3614Skylark4:25Disc 21L.O.V.E.5:102Just for a Thrill4:303Liza All the Clouds'll Roll3:404Intimacy of the Blues4:065You Can Depend on Me3:216Memories of You4:527Honeysuckle Rose8:098Willow Grove3:589Solitude5:3310Blue Monk4:0611Misty6:5412Swingin' the Blues3:4813Jungle Blues3:3614Skylark4:25Disc 31L.O.V.E.5:102Just for a Thrill4:303Liza All the Clouds'll Roll3:404Intimacy of the Blues4:065You Can Depend on Me3:216Memories of You4:527Honeysuckle Rose8:098Willow Grove3:589Solitude5:3310Blue Monk4:0611Misty6:5412Swingin' the Blues3:4813Jungle Blues3:3614Skylark4:25George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 53:47
1Buzzard Song4:052Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:223Gone4:504Gone, Gone, Gone2:165Summertime3:196Bess, Oh Where's My Bess4:307Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)5:018Fisherman, Strawberry And Devil Crab4:129My Man's Gone Now6:1310It Ain't Necessarily So4:2611Here Comes De Honey Man1:4112I Loves You, Porgy4:3213There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York3:202004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:42
1Peanut Vendor2:182Angelitos negros2:413El cumbanchero2:124Joonji3:375Que sera2:456Mexican Hat Dance2:427Spanish Rice2:478Say si si2:309Macarena (La virgen de la macarena)3:0210Tin tin deo2:4611Contigo en la distancia3:0212Happiness Is3:202005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:54:22
Disc 11Intro6:472Flintstones Theme [Meet the Flintstones]3:003Easy Does It4:524Take the "A" Train4:215Sheeba4:296Shell Game9:127The Zinger4:368Bella Blue11:039The Serpent's Tooth4:1410I Want a Little Girl4:1611Oh Lady Be Good6:2712Theme0:45Disc 21My First Indulgence and Entree to Jazz3:012Giving Vent to Your Feelings5:103Why the Trumpet?6:194First Influences2:085The Great Lakes Navy Band3:356Ellington2:347Basie2:558Prez and Pops (The Stuff You Won't Find in Books)2:239Basie's Small Band1:0510Quincy2:3911Miles1:1912The NBC Tonight Show Band2:0813Clinics, Workshops & Band Camps (The CT Philosophy)7:0114The Concept Behind This (CD)5:3215The CT Building and Jazz Studies Program1:1216The Jazz Scene Today1:19Clark Terry: The Chicago Sessions 1995-96
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:34
1Just Squeeze Me4:202C. T.'s Express5:333The Star-Crossed Lovers6:494Jessica's Day4:175Harlem Air Shaft3:296Swinging the Blues4:587Do Nothin'Till You Hear From Me4:538I Want a Little Girl4:349Easy Does It4:4710Launching Pad4:3811Cotton Tail3:2312Moten Swing4:3013Something to Live For6:232008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:03:04
1Chicago Suite 1 - State Street Swing3:102Chicago Suite 2 - City of Seasons4:163Chicago Suite 3 - the Blues Singer4:574Chicago Suite 4 - Lake Shore Drive4:055Davenport Blues5:436Two Guys and a Gal3:237Piacere6:148Give Me the Good Time6:179Ballade5:4310Terry's Mood5:2811Back to the Basics (Old)4:0612Now (The Young)4:4213Well Alright Then5:002013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 42:15
1No Problem5:522Brother Terry3:553Blue Waltz (La Valse Blue)6:374Flutin' And Fluglin'6:455La Rive Gauche5:306Nahstye Blues6:037Chat Que Peche (A Cat That Fishes)7:33Carnegie Blues: The Music of Duke Ellington
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks
Disc 11Take the a Train2In a Mellotone3Lush Life4I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart5Spacemen6Mood Indigo7Satin Doll8It Don’t Mean a ThingDisc 21Sophisticated Lady2Perdido3Jeep’s Blues4Come Sunday5Carnegie Blues6Cottontail7Jones8Things Ain’t What They Used to BeMassimo Faraò Playing with the Jazz Masters, Vol. 5
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:00:31
1Salt Peanuts (live in Bern 1995)3:492Sophisticated Lady (live in Bern 1995)7:003Oh! Lady Be Good (live in Bern 1995)5:294Is It True? (live in Bern 1995)6:295The Nearness of You (live in Bern 1995)7:466For Dancers Only (live in Bern 1995)12:587God Bless the Child (live in Bern 1995)7:088On Green Dolphin Street (live in Bern 1995)9:522020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:02:38
1My Secret Love5:402Ow7:263Just an Old Manuscript9:454Georgia on My Mind6:475Mack the Knife6:136Take the a Train6:177Straight No Chaser5:338God Bless the Child6:579Rebecca8:00— · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:29
1Swahili6:102Double Play3:393Slow Beat4:304Co-op3:495Kitten5:366The Countess6:477Tuma3:098Chuckles4:279Cat Meets Chick3:3610Mamblues2:3511The Man I Love3:1912Anything You Can Do4:52
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Weedin’ the Rhapsody / Phalanges / SleepSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracksAWeedin’ the Rhapsody B1Phalanges B2Sleep | July 1947 |
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1947 | Billy’s Bounce / It’s the Talk of the TownSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksABilly’s Bounce BIt’s the Talk of the Town | September 1947 |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | At The Montreux Jazz FestivalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 41:07A1Swiss Air9:58 A2All Too Soon4:47 A3Mumbling In The Alps3:27 B1Stardust5:25 B2Broadway Joe13:47 B3Levee Camp Blues3:43 | Live | 1969 | |
| 1976 | WhamSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 52:03A1Perdido9:40 A2On the Trail8:10 A3Jazzhouse Blues4:20 A4In der Heimat gibt's ein Wiederseh'n2:12 B1Straight, No Chaser6:32 B2Wham11:40 B3Take the 'a' Train9:29 | Live | 1976 | |
| 1985 | Paris 1960Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 32:53A1No Problem5:04 A2Don't Ever Leave Me2:46 A3Et tu me regardes2:27 A4In a Mellow Tone2:26 A5Don't Worry 'Bout Me3:15 B1Ol' Zulu2:15 B2Travelin' All Alone3:32 B3Clarke's Blues3:05 B4Char a voile1:52 B5Radio Terry0:58 B6Dancing2:48 B7Pin-Up2:25 | Compilation | 1985 | |
| 1990 | The Trumpet Kings at MontreuxSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:06:581Montreux Blues13:25 2(There Is) No Greater Love13:25 3Lullaby of the Leaves11:29 4On the Alamo11:36 5Blues for Norman8:00 6(Back Home Again in) Indiana9:03 | Live | 1990 | |
| 1991 | Live At The Village VanguardSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 47:261Ding Dong Ding7:13 2First Love Song5:06 3Hello and Goodbye7:27 4Skylark6:35 5El Co15:54 6The Fan Club5:11 | Live | 1991 | |
| 1991 | Live at The Village GateSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:00:331Top & Bottom5:45 2Keep, Keep, Keep on Keepin' On6:32 3Silly Samba9:00 4Pint of Bitters8:42 5Sheba6:42 6Brushes & Brass3:31 7Simple Waltz9:16 8Hey Mr. Mumbles11:05 | Live | 1 July 1991 | |
| 1994 | The Good Things in LifeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 54:231Somebody Done Stole My Blues6:34 2Perdido10:50 3My Secret Love8:06 4Dole9:51 5Salt Peanuts4:38 6I Don't Want to Be Kissed9:40 7Steppin' on the Roaches4:44 | Live | 1994 | |
| 1994 | George Robert Quartet Featuring Mr. Clark TerrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:15:001The Snapper12:29 2Michelle7:08 3Samba de Gumz10:26 4On Green Dolphin Street12:37 5Simple Waltz11:38 6Joan7:39 7Mumbles13:03 | Live | 1994 | |
| 1994 | Big B-A-D Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival 1974Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 42:571Una Mas7:44 2Nefertiti4:22 3Take the "A" Train4:31 4Randi6:15 5Mumbles5:24 6Sheba5:39 7Cold 'tater Stomp9:02 | Live | 25 March 1994 | |
| 1995 | Clark Terry With Peewee Claybrook & Swing FeverSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 53:421Dickie's Dream5:14 2Jitterbug Waltz8:28 37 Come 114:26 4Serenade To Sweden4:31 5Striaghten Up And Fly Right4:40 69:20 Special5:46 7Isfahan5:04 8Lemonade7:03 9Swingin' The Blues4:32 10There Is No Greater Love3:58 | Live | 1995 | |
| 1995 | The Second Set - Recorded Live At The Village GateSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:12:341One Foot In The Gutter11:54 2Opus Ocean6:49 3Michelle7:31 4Serenade To A Bus Seat7:19 5Joonji7:10 6Ode To A Flugelhorn9:13 7Funky Mama11:55 8Interview10:43 | Live | 1995 | |
| 1996 | Clark TerrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:561Stardust5:14 2The Simple Waltz5:10 3If I Were You5:03 4It's Fun To Think5:10 5Mood Indigo6:57 6Argentia6:13 7Swingin' The Blues7:05 8Top 'N' Bottom4:49 9Boomerang6:00 10Bemsha Swing7:44 11Passion Flower4:31 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1997 | Lucerne 1978Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 59:441The Hymn6:16 2The Silly Samba5:14 3I Want A Little Girl4:56 4Straight No Chaser7:42 5On The Trail8:03 6Lemon Drop3:25 7Somebody Done Stole My Blues6:54 8God Bless The Child7:45 9Somewhere Over The Rainbox9:29 | Live | 1997 | |
| 2001 | Mellow MoodsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:08:421Out in the Cold Again4:32 2The Simple Waltz5:12 3This Is Always4:56 4Lullabye3:42 5Among My Souvenirs4:52 6In the Alley3:49 7Michelle4:37 8As You Desire Me3:30 9What a Country4:26 10Same Language4:09 11If I Were You5:03 12I've Just Seen Her3:55 13Once Upon a Time2:23 14Nightlife4:38 15It's Fun to Think5:10 16The Fight Song3:48 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Live In ConcertSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks1Quicksand 2Elijah 3Moten Swing 4Love, Love, Love 5St. Lucia Blues 6All Blues 7Take The "A" Train 8Bye Bye Blackbird | Live | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Jazz MatineeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:121The Zinger8:17 2Easy Does It5:33 3Come Sunday4:15 4A Penny for Your Thoughts5:45 5Jenny4:42 6C.T.'s Express4:48 7Big Bad Blues5:39 8Dues Blues5:54 9Tee Pee Time5:53 10Sheba4:50 11Cold Tater Stomp7:42 12Just Squeeze Me4:37 13Mumbles Returns4:17 | Compilation | 25 June 2001 | |
| 2001 | Herr OberSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:19:081On the Alamo7:54 2Miss Thing6:23 3Lil Darlin6:23 4Herr Ober I9:58 5Taking a Chance on Love5:55 6Jumpin at the Woodside7:27 7My Gal6:39 8Canadian Sunset12:19 9The Nearness of You5:39 10Blue'n Boogie5:52 11Herr Ober II4:39 | Live | 30 July 2001 | |
| 2003 | Live at MontmartreSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:08:391Bye Bye Blackbird15:26 2When I Fall in Love3:34 3Satin Doll13:45 4Intro Boone's Blues2:57 5Boone's Blues12:31 6Misty12:01 7The Theme8:25 | Live | 2 September 2003 | |
| 2004 | Chilled & RemixedSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:50:26Disc 1 1Nature Boy3:51 2In the Still of the Night5:16 3Sing Sing Sing4:40 4Mumbles3:32 5All Blues4:33 6Skylark7:56 7Simple Waltz5:13 8So What3:57 9Watermelon Man3:40 10Take Five2:58 Disc 21So What5:18 2Take Five5:43 3Mumbles8:25 4All Blues5:42 5Simple Waltz6:23 6Nature Boy6:19 7Sing Sing Sing6:08 8Skylark7:49 9Watermelon Man5:51 10In the Still of the Night7:12 | Compilation | 5 October 2004 | |
| 2006 | SwahiliSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:13:411Swahili6:08 2Double Play3:33 3Slow Boat4:28 4Co-Op3:46 5Kitten5:35 6The Countess6:43 7Tuma3:06 8Chuckles4:20 9Bohemia After Dark3:51 10I Get A Kick Out Of You4:32 11Blues In My Room6:11 12I Can't Give You Anything But Love4:39 13Chuckles2:43 14Blues For Clarinet4:00 15Solitude5:24 16What Am I Here For4:42 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2006 | Supreme Jazz: Clark TerrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 2:06:00Disc 1 1La Rive gauche5:27 2Nahstye Blues5:59 3Chat qui pêche (A Cat That Fishes)7:33 4Blue Waltz (La Valse bleue)6:37 5Brother Terry3:54 6Flutin' and Fluglin'6:44 7No Problem5:46 Disc 21La Rive gauche5:27 2Nahstye Blues5:59 3Chat qui pêche (A Cat That Fishes)7:33 4Blue Waltz (La Valse bleue)6:37 5Brother Terry3:54 6Flutin' and Fluglin'6:44 7No Problem5:46 Disc 31La Rive gauche (5.1 mix)5:27 2Nahstye Blues (5.1 mix)5:59 3Chat qui pêche (A Cat That Fishes) (5.1 mix)7:33 4Blue Waltz (La Valse bleue) (5.1 mix)6:37 5Brother Terry (5.1 mix)3:54 6Flutin' and Fluglin' (5.1 mix)6:44 7No Problem (5.1 mix)5:46 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2006 | Clark TerrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:15:121Serenade to a Bus Seat3:59 2Pea-Eyes5:02 3Pannonica5:36 4Daniel's Blues4:47 5Ow7:28 6Just an Old Manuscript9:47 7Mack the Knife6:14 8Take the a Train6:19 9Straight No Chaser5:35 10God Bless the Child6:53 11Did You Call Her Today5:06 12The Theme8:26 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2006 | Town Hall ConcertSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:15:171Jubilee Jump3:09 2Moods3:09 3Budandy3:09 4Dirty Rotten Shame Blues5:30 5Blue Moon3:02 6Bop a Boogie2:42 7Rockin' in Rhythm3:43 8Tell Me Dream Face2:12 9My Old Flame3:11 10Caravan3:19 11Andy's Boogie3:33 12Pompton Turnpike3:41 13Cherokee / Redskin Rhumba5:47 14Skyliner3:04 15East Side West Side2:47 16Terry Tune2:11 17Things Ain't What They Used to Be3:03 18Hello Baby Blues2:46 19The Gal3:55 20Barnetology: Cherokee / Pompton Turnpike / Skyliner / Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Cornet Confab / Smiles11:24 | Compilation | 2006 | |
| 2006 | Masters Of Jazz, Vol. 5Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:15:121Serenade to a Bus Seat3:59 2Pea-Eyes5:02 3Pannonica5:36 4Daniel's Blues4:47 5Ow7:28 6Just an Old Manuscript9:47 7Mack the Knife6:14 8Take the a Train6:19 9Straigh5:35 10God Bless the Child6:53 11Did You Call Her Today5:06 12The Theme8:26 | Compilation | 1 June 2006 | |
| 2007 | "Cookin'" Complete 1956-1957 SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:18:031It Don't Mean a Thing3:17 2Take Nine2:56 3Everything Happens to Me3:05 4Don't Blame Me3:17 5Festival6:53 6Clark's Bars3:36 7Daddy-O's Patio2:15 8Blues4:59 9Impeccable4:19 10Paul's Idea2:47 11Phat Beach3:17 12Milli Terry2:32 13Funky4:02 14The Girl I Call Baby3:32 15Falmouth Recollections3:12 16The Way You Look Tonight4:55 17Foofy for President6:59 18The Man From Potter's Crossing4:21 19Dance of the Reluctant Drag4:23 20Empathy, for Ruth3:26 | Compilation | 2007 | |
| 2012 | Seven Classic AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 57 tracks · 4:17:59Disc 1 1Donna Lee4:03 2Boardwalk7:00 3Boomerang6:00 4Digits4:06 5Serenade to a Bus Seat4:36 6Stardust5:14 7Cruising8:27 8That Old Black Magic2:01 9C Jam Blues3:04 10In a Sentimental Mood2:58 11Cotton Tail6:54 12Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)6:16 Disc 21Mood Indigo6:57 2Take the "A" Train3:28 3In a Mellowtone5:08 4Come Sunday3:34 5In Orbit4:41 6One Foot in the Gutter7:18 7Trust in Me4:32 8Let's Cool One4:56 9Pea-Eye4:30 10Argentia6:12 11Moonlight Fiesta2:35 12Buck's Business3:23 13Very Near Blue3:04 Disc 31Caravan2:03 2Candy2:23 3Clark's Expedition2:31 4Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues4:06 5Phlanges3:04 6Blues for Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues4:33 7Basin Street Blues2:45 8Daylight Express2:18 9Taking a Chance on Love2:17 10Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue)6:38 11Brother Terry3:57 12Flutin' and Fluglin'6:46 13No Problem5:53 14La Rive Gauche5:29 15Nahstye Blues6:04 16Chat Qui Peche (A Cat That Fishes)7:33 Disc 41Out in the Cold Again4:32 2The Simple Waltz5:12 3This Is Always4:56 4Lullabye3:42 5Among My Souvenirs4:52 6In the Alley3:49 7Michelle4:37 8As You Desire Me3:30 9Nightlife4:38 10Once Upon a Time2:23 11It's Fun to Think5:10 12I've Just Seen Her3:55 13If I Were You5:03 14The Fight Song3:48 15Same Language4:09 16What a Country4:26 | Compilation | 2012 | |
| 2013 | Four Classic AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 2:39:32Disc 1 1Swahili6:12 2Double Play3:36 3Slow Boat4:30 4Co-Op3:49 5Kitten5:38 6The Countess6:46 7Tuma3:09 8Chuckles4:22 9One Foot in the Gutter10:37 10Well You Needn't11:39 11Sandu19:40 Disc 21In Orbit4:44 2One Foot in the Gutter7:21 3Trust in Me4:33 4Let's Cool One4:59 5Pea-Eye4:32 6Argentia6:15 7Moonlight Fiesta2:37 8Buck's Business3:26 9Very Near Blue3:06 10Two for One5:53 11Mr. Good Blues6:44 12Peanut Head5:17 13Stupid But Not Crazy5:22 14Nits and Wits9:49 15Gone with the Blues4:56 | Compilation | 2013 | |
| 2014 | Back in Bean's BagSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks1A Tune For the Tutor 2Don't Worry 'Bout Me 3Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) 4Feedin' the Bean 5Michelle 6Squeeze Me 7Tommy's Blues 8Ain't Misbehavin' 9Introduction 10The Simple Waltz 11Things Ain't What They Used To Be 12I'm Confessin' | Compilation | 11 March 2014 | |
| 2014 | Everything's Mellow + Plays the Jazz Version of All American / Clark Terry / Top and Bottom BrassSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 2:44:351Out in the Cold Again4:34 2The Simple Waltz5:14 3This Is Always4:58 4Lullaby3:44 5Among My Souvenirs4:54 6In the Alley3:51 7Michelle4:38 8As You Desire Me3:32 9What a Country!4:28 10We Speak the Same Language4:11 11If I Were You5:05 12I've Just Seen Her3:57 13Once Upon a Time2:25 14Nightlife4:40 15It's Fun to Think5:12 16The Flight Song3:48 17Swahili6:12 18Double Play3:41 19Slow Boat4:32 20Co-Op3:51 21Kitten5:38 22The Countess6:49 23Tuma3:11 24Chuckles4:29 25Cat Meets Chick3:38 26Mamblues2:37 27The Man I Love3:21 28Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)4:52 29Mili-Terry4:22 30The Swinging Chemise7:00 31My Heart Belongs to Daddy3:16 32Blues for Etta7:24 33Top 'N' Bottom4:53 341278:08 35A Sunday Kind of Love3:26 36Mardi Gras Waltz4:04 | Compilation | 16 June 2014 | |
| 2016 | The Complete Albums 1961-1963Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Complete Albums Collection 1954 - 1960Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2016 | |
| 2017 | Live In ChicagoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:29:281Secret Love (Live)8:38 2One Foot In the Gutter (Live)10:04 3Celito Lindo (Live)7:20 4Mood Indigo (Live)9:32 5On the Trail (Live)12:17 6Canadian Sunset (Live)10:53 7Autumn Leaves (Live)11:42 8I Want a Little Girl (Live)5:56 9Chitlin' Woman (Live)6:07 10Mumbles (Live)6:59 | Live | 3 April 2017 | |
| 2018 | The Best of Clark TerrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:49:001Pennies From Heaven6:04 2Honeysuckle Rose8:09 3Jive At Five8:13 4Skylark4:26 5Autumn Leaves4:44 6Blue Monk4:06 7Sugar Blues4:37 8Memories of You4:52 9Silly Samba9:00 10Misty6:54 11I Can’t Get Started4:31 12Serenade to a Bus Seat7:18 13Keep, Keep, Keep On Keepin’ On6:32 14Ode to a Flugelhorn9:13 15Simple Waltz9:17 16Hey Mr. Mumbles11:04 | Compilation | 3 August 2018 | |
| 2023 | Showcase (Live Chicago '89)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 50:151The Hymn (Live)7:14 2Sophisticated Lady (Live)7:39 3Canadian Sunset (Live)10:45 4Auld Lang Syne (Live)6:20 5Mood Indigo (Live)12:43 6The Snapper (Live)5:34 | Live | 30 June 2023 | |
| — | Ritter Der Ronneburg 1998Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks1Take The "A" Train 2Robbin's Nest 3Body And Soul 4Perdido 5There Is No Greater Love 6The King | Live | — |
Other · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 8Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 37:27A1No Problem11:56 A2Miguel's Party8:15 B1Milestones6:20 B2Festive Minor5:56 B3It Had to Be You5:00 | Compilation | 1980 | |
| — | Live in ColoradoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 50:171Take the _A_ Train3:24 2Honesty9:43 3Fading Flowers4:55 4Shell Game5:06 5The Stroller4:55 6Dirty Ole Man3:51 7I Want a Little Girl4:24 8Mumbles2:20 9My Gal5:22 10Big Band Band6:17 | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Clark Terry head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 29 | 89.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 105 | 98.1th |
| Studio albums | 66 | 99.6th |
| Awards recorded | 14 | 99.2th |
| Timeline events | 71 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 68 | 99.4th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award | won | |
| 1985 | Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award | won | |
| 2000 | Officer of Arts and Letters | won | |
| 2000 | Officer of Arts and Letters | won | |
| 2010 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| 2010 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | lifetime | |
| — | BBC Jazz Awards | won | |
| — | BBC Jazz Awards | won | |
| — | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| — | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won | |
| — | Paul Acket Award | won | |
| — | Paul Acket Award | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Ellington and His Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Big Band(band) | — | present | |
| Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| The Dave Bailey Sextet(band) | — | present | |
| Clark Terry Septet(band) | — | present | eponymous,flugelhorn,original,trumpet |
| Clark Terry Sextet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Clark Terry Quintet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original,trumpet |
| Clark Terry Quartet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original,trumpet |
| Clark Terry’s Big‐B‐A‐D‐Band(band) | — | present | eponymous,flugelhorn,original,trumpet |
| C-jam All Stars(band) | — | present | trumpet |
| The Clark Terry Spacemen(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Ninapinta and His Bongos and Congas(band) | — | present | trumpet |
| Thelonious Monk Nonet(band) | — | present | trumpet |
| Hugh Ragin Trumpet Ensemble(band) | — | present | flugelhorn |
| Hugh Ragin Trumpet Ensemble(band) | — | present | trumpet |
| Jesper Thilo/Clark Terry Quintet(band) | — | present | |
| All Star Big Band(band) | — | present | |
| The Riverside Jazz Stars(band) | — | present | |
| The All Star Jazz Reunion(band) | — | present | trumpet |
| Louie Bellson and His Jazz Orchestra(band) | 1987 | 1987 | additional,flugelhorn |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clark_Terry_in_1981.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a760856-7bf1-4f65-a2d0-225e77085fccdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a760856-7bf1-4f65-a2d0-225e77085fcccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432924genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432924seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Terrybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Terry
Why this artist is in the database
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — rank #33
2010 | Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, André Previn, Clark Terry | style="text-align:center;"|
- List of jazz musicians
Tier rule: legacy lists: grammy_lifetime
Image: Brianmcmillen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q432924 · MusicBrainz: 2a760856-7bf1-4f65-a2d0-225e77085fcc
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