Dynamic jazz big band leader, composer and arranger's career spanned more than 75 years
Clark Terry, a Grammy award-winning trumpet player and composer who recorded with greats such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Quincy Jones, has died aged 94, his wife said on Sunday.
Terry, who had gone into hospice care after suffering from diabetes, has joined the big band in heaven where he'll be singing and playing with the angels", Gwen Terry said on the musician's Facebook page.
He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, students and friends."
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Terry won fame after serving several years in the navy, playing with Count Basie and Duke Ellington from the late 1940s through the 1950s, before joining The Tonight Show band, where he played under its famed bandleader Doc Severinsen.
Clark Terry, a Grammy award-winning trumpet player and composer who recorded with greats such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Quincy Jones, has died aged 94, his wife said on Sunday.
Terry, who had gone into hospice care after suffering from diabetes, has joined the big band in heaven where he'll be singing and playing with the angels", Gwen Terry said on the musician's Facebook page.
He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, students and friends."
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Terry won fame after serving several years in the navy, playing with Count Basie and Duke Ellington from the late 1940s through the 1950s, before joining The Tonight Show band, where he played under its famed bandleader Doc Severinsen.