Clark / the autobiography of Clark Terry, with Gwen Terry ; with a preface by Quincy Jones, foreword by Bill Cosby, introduction by David Demsey.

By:

Terry, Clark

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studiesPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 322 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520949782
0520949781
1283278251
9781283278256
9786613278258
6613278254

Other title:

Autobiography of Clark Terry

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Clark.DDC classification:

788.9/2165092 B 22

LOC classification:

ML419.T375 A3 2011eb

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Big Dreams; 2. First Instruments; 3. Kicked Out; 4. The Vashon High Swingsters; 5. First Road Gig; 6. Nigga; 7. Ida Cox; 8. Stranded; 9. Lincoln Inn; 10. On the Road Again; 11. Tennis Shoe Pimp; 12. Jailed; 13. Len Bowden; 14. Navy Days; 15. Gray Clouds; 16. The Big Apple; 17. George Hudson; 18. The Club Plantation; 19. Galloping Dominoes; 20. Tempting Offers; 21. Lionel Hampton; 22. Road Lessons; 23. Pauline; 24. Charlie Barnet; 25. Count Basie; 26. Big Debt; 27. Duke Ellington; 28. Leaving Basie; 29. The University of Ellingtonia

30. Working with Duke31. Duke's Team; 32. Duke's Management Arts; 33. Miles and Bird; 34. Billy Strayhorn; 35. Endurances; 36. Flugelhorn; 37. Europe; 38. Norman Granz; 39. Norman's Battles; 40. Q; 41. NBC; 42. Jim and Andy's; 43. Johnny and Ed; 44. Mumbles; 45. First House; 46. Big Bad Band; 47. Carnegie Hall; 48. Etoile; 49. Jazz Education Arena; 50. Those NBC Years; 51. Storms; 52. Black Clouds; 53. Keep on Keepin' On; 54. New Love; 55. Whirlwinds; 56. Through the Storm; 57. Second Chance; 58. The Biggest Surprise; Acknowledgments; Honors and Awards; Original Compositions

Selected DiscographyIndex; Photographs follow page

Summary: Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South.

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Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South.