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Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry

Clark Terry and Gwen Terry

Print publication date: 2011

Print ISBN-13: 9780520268463

Published to California Scholarship Online: May 2012

DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520268463.001.0001

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Big Dreams

Big Dreams

Chapter:
(p.1) 1. Big Dreams
Source:
Clark
Author(s):

Gwen Terry

Publisher:
University of California Press
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520268463.003.0001

This chapter presents an introduction to the life history of Clark Terry, as a part of his autobiographical account. It provides an account of how Clark Terry made his first trumpet using scraps from a junkyard, with the help of his friend, in his hometown, St. Louis, in Missouri in 1931. It throws light on how Clark came to create music, in the form of jazz. His inspiration was Duke Ellington's band, which he had heard on a graphophone. Twenty years later, after a lot of struggles and tests, he was hired by Duke. This was the kick-start that made way for his dreams and eventually, changed his entire life. Gradually, his dream molded into helping young musicians to make their dreams come true, which became his supreme joy and his greatest aspiration.

Keywords:   Clark Terry, life history, trumpet, Duke Ellington, young musicians

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