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ASCAP Jazz Wall Inductees 2006
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ASCAP Jazz Living Legend Award
Clark Terry, master of the jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, was born in St. Louis and began playing on the city's local scene. During the Second World War, Terry served in the U.S. Navy and his trumpet performances in one of the top service bands brought him to the attention of the wider jazz community. Following the war, Terry played in a succession of major jazz bands headed by some of the music's all-time greats – Lionel Hampton, Charle Barnet, Count Basie and Duke Ellington and Quincy Jones. In 1960, Terry increased his visibility exponentially as he joined Doc Severinsen's Tonight Show Band, becoming especially well-known to millions for his famous "Mumbles" scat –singing routine. During his twelve-year Tonight Show stint, Terry also was a prolific session musician and co-leader of a quintet with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Among his best-known recordings is a 1964 collaboration with the Oscar Peterson Trio which introduced the "Mumbles" persona. Terry is universally loved as "perhaps the nicest man in Jazz." Clark has composed more than two hundred jazz songs, and his books include Let's Talk Trumpet: From Legit to Jazz, Interpretation of the Jazz Language and Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing for Woodwind and Brass Instruments.
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