St. Louis jazz trumpeter . His neighbors quickly got tired of listening to the racket, and raised money to buy the 10-year-old a real instrument.
Terry became a legend: He was a star soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra and Duke Ellington Orchestra; he led his own big band; and he was the first black man to play in 鈥淭he Tonight Show鈥� house band. Terry died Saturday; he was 94.
On Friday, 鈥淐ityscape鈥� host Steve Potter talked about Terry's legacy with Dennis Owsley, a jazz historian and host of 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 ; Gene Dobbs Bradford, president and CEO of ; and Jim Widner, director of jazz studies and a professor at the University of Missouri鈥揝t. Louis.
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Byron Stripling in a tribute to Clark Terry
- When: 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015
- Where: Harold and Dorothy Steward Center for Jazz, 3536 Washington Ave., St. Louis
St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, led by Jim Widner, dedicates "Swing This" to Clark Terry
- When: 7 p.m. Tuesday March 3, 2015
- Where: Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri鈥揝t. Louis
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