GIGS's video: Clark Terry - Sextet Samba De Orfeu Norman Granz Jazz In Montreux 1977

Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920) is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee. He has played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948--1951), Duke Ellington (1951--1959) and Quincy Jones (1960), and has recorded regularly both as a leader and sideman. Clark Terry is one of the most prolifically recorded jazz musicians ever, having appeared on the results of 905 known recording sessions. In comparison, Louis Armstrong performed at 620 sessions, Harry "Sweets" Edison on 563, and Dizzy Gillespie on 501. recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Only four other trumpet players in history have ever received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: Louis Armstrong (Terry's mentor), Miles Davis (whom Terry mentored), Dizzy Gillespie (who often described Terry as the greatest jazz trumpet player on earth) and Benny Carter. Terry's career in jazz spans more than seventy years. Like what you see? Share, comment, like and subscribe! Follow us: Eagle Rock Digi-Store: http://store.eagle-rock.com/ Eagle Rock Website: http://www.eagle-rock.com/ Eagle Rock Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/zSiz1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EagleRockEnt Twitter: http://twitter.com/EagleRocknews Google +:https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100554686685077005704/100554686685077005704/posts Eagle Rock MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/eaglerock Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/eagle-rock Youtube Eagle Rock TV: http://www.youtube.com/eaglerocktv Youtube Eagle Rock Sounds: http://www.youtube.com/eaglerocksounds Youtube Live at Montreux: http://www.youtube.com/LiveAtMontreux Youtube Classic Albums: http://www.youtube.com/classicalbums Youtube The Rolling Stones: http://www.youtube.com/therollingstones Youtube Mick Jagger TV: http://www.youtube.com/jaggertv