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Portraits

by Clark Terry

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Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Harry Sweets Edison, Harry James, Fats Navarro, and Clyde MyCoy. This session is a tribute to legendary trumpeters by a man whose own trumpet has delighted audiences world wide for almost fifty years. As with any great jazz musician, Clark Terry has a sound that is instantly recognizable and perfectly crafted.

credits

released March 9, 1989

Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
Don Friedman - piano
Victor Gaskin - bass
Lewis Nash - drums

Produced by David Chesky
Executive Producer: Norman Chesky
Recorded by Bob Katz
Recorded at RCA STudio A, New York City, on December 16, 1988

Technical Consultant: Larry Smith
Assistant Engineer: Dennis Ferrante
Maintenance Engineer: Joe Salvatto
Production Coordinators: Steve Kaiser & Roy Ferin
Production Assistants: Billy Francis & Didier Rachou
Design: Brigid Kavanagh
Photographs: David King

Thanks to Stephen Dyer and the Baldwin Piano & Organ Company
Thanks to Steve Guttenberg

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Clark Terry St. Louis, Missouri

Trumpeter Clark Terry grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. When Terry was thirteen, he joined the local drum and bugle corps and soon got his first professional gig with the band Dollar Bill and His Small Change.

He was a part of Basie's octet for five years and Duke Ellington's band for eight years.

After touring Europe with The Quincy Jones Orchestra, Terry joined The Tonight Show Orchestra on NBC.
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