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Clark Terry

1920 - 2015

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Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clark Terry is the 1,259th most popular musician (down from 896th in 2019), the 6,500th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,393rd in 2019) and the 452nd most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Clark Terry ranks 1,259 out of 3,175. Before him are Richard Marx, Daryl Hall, Phil Campbell, Jimmy Cobb, Manfred Eicher, and Vinnie Colaiuta. After him are Trent Reznor, Ewa Demarczyk, Klaus Doldinger, Tom Hamilton, Jaki Liebezeit, and Mitski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Clark Terry ranks 279. Before him are Kenneth E. Iverson, Roy Jenkins, Eddie Slovik, Eiji Okada, Godfrey Binaisa, and André Simon. After him are Rosemary Sutcliff, Richard Quine, Anton Malatinský, Chabuca Granda, Andrée Chedid, and Lea Padovani. Among people deceased in 2015, Clark Terry ranks 278. Before him are Charles Pasqua, Francis George, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Mate Trojanović, Astrid Ivask, and Roberto Tucci. After him are Claude Criquielion, Gerrit Voorting, Lizabeth Scott, Malcolm Fraser, James Salter, and Milorad Milutinović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clark Terry ranks 6,501 out of 20,380. Before him are Brad Harris (1933), Eddie Adams (1933), Jimmy Cobb (1929), Childe Hassam (1859), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), and Jeff Farrell (1937). After him are Lola Albright (1924), Trent Reznor (1965), Susan Anspach (1942), Michael Cohen (1966), Mary Lambert (1951), and Gale Anne Hurd (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Clark Terry ranks 452. Before him are Louis Jordan (1908), Norah Jones (1979), Richard Marx (1963), Daryl Hall (1946), Jimmy Cobb (1929), and Vinnie Colaiuta (1956). After him are Trent Reznor (1965), Tom Hamilton (1951), Gary Peacock (1935), Pat Smear (1959), Paul Gray (1972), and Thurston Moore (1958).

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