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Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry
Clark Terry
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Hardback. Tells the story of Clark Terry, one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters. This title takes us from his impoverished childhood in St Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b/w photographs and 1 map. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644. The Autobiography of Clark Terry. 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. Tells the story of Clark Terry, one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters. This title takes us from his impoverished childhood in St Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 28. Weight: 644.
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, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greats - Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc ... Read more
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, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greats - Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
644g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268463
SKU
V9780520268463
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About Clark Terry
Clark Terry's illustrious career--as an innovative trumpeter and flugelhornist, horn designer, leading jazz educator, and composer--has covered an epic span of jazz history. Winner of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and an NEA Jazz Master, in addition to many other accolades and awards, Terry is the author of Let's Talk Trumpet: From Legit to Jazz and The Interpretation of ... Read more
Reviews for Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry
"'Clark' chronicles, in endearing prose, Terry's personal and professional journey... Onstage and in the backroom, Terry and his trumpet shared a front-row seat to jazz history. "Clark" is nothing short of that remarkable story."
Alexander Heffner San Francisco Chronicle "Terry's wonderful book is a true labor of love."
Peter Vacher Jazzwise "Informative, detailed, intimate, and throughly absorbing, "Clark" ... Read more
Alexander Heffner San Francisco Chronicle "Terry's wonderful book is a true labor of love."
Peter Vacher Jazzwise "Informative, detailed, intimate, and throughly absorbing, "Clark" ... Read more