- Title Pages
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- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1. Big Dreams -
2. First Instruments -
3. Kicked Out -
4. The Vashon High Swingsters -
5. First Road Gig -
6. Nigga -
7. Ida Cox -
8. Stranded -
9. Lincoln Inn -
10. On the Road Again -
11. Tennis Shoe Pimp -
12. Jailed -
13. Len Bowden -
14. Navy Days -
15. Gray Clouds -
16. The Big Apple -
17. George Hudson -
18. The Club Plantation -
19. Galloping Dominoes -
20. Tempting Offers -
21. Lionel Hampton -
22. Road Lessons -
23. Pauline -
24. Charlie Barnet -
25. Count Basie -
26. Big Debt -
27. Duke Ellington -
28. Leaving Basie -
29. The University of Ellingtonia -
30. Working with Duke -
31. Duke's Team -
32. Duke's Management Arts -
33. Miles and Bird -
34. Billy Strayhorn -
35. Endurances -
36. Flugelhorn -
37. Europe -
38. Norman Granz -
39. Norman's Battles -
40. Q -
41. NBC -
42. Jim and Andy's -
43. Johnny and Ed -
44. Mumbles -
45. First House -
46. Big Bad Band -
47. Carnegie Hall -
48. Etoile -
49. Jazz Education Arena -
50. Those NBC Years -
51. Storms -
52. Black Clouds -
53. Keep on Keepin' On -
54. New Love -
55. Whirlwinds -
56. Through the Storm -
57. Second Chance -
58. The Biggest Surprise - Acknowledgments
- Honors and Awards
- Original Compositions
- Selected Discography
- Index
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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
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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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1. Big Dreams -
2. First Instruments -
3. Kicked Out -
4. The Vashon High Swingsters -
5. First Road Gig -
6. Nigga -
7. Ida Cox -
8. Stranded -
9. Lincoln Inn -
10. On the Road Again -
11. Tennis Shoe Pimp -
12. Jailed -
13. Len Bowden -
14. Navy Days -
15. Gray Clouds -
16. The Big Apple -
17. George Hudson -
18. The Club Plantation -
19. Galloping Dominoes -
20. Tempting Offers -
21. Lionel Hampton -
22. Road Lessons -
23. Pauline -
24. Charlie Barnet -
25. Count Basie -
26. Big Debt -
27. Duke Ellington -
28. Leaving Basie -
29. The University of Ellingtonia -
30. Working with Duke -
31. Duke's Team -
32. Duke's Management Arts -
33. Miles and Bird -
34. Billy Strayhorn -
35. Endurances -
36. Flugelhorn -
37. Europe -
38. Norman Granz -
39. Norman's Battles -
40. Q -
41. NBC -
42. Jim and Andy's -
43. Johnny and Ed -
44. Mumbles -
45. First House -
46. Big Bad Band -
47. Carnegie Hall -
48. Etoile -
49. Jazz Education Arena -
50. Those NBC Years -
51. Storms -
52. Black Clouds -
53. Keep on Keepin' On -
54. New Love -
55. Whirlwinds -
56. Through the Storm -
57. Second Chance -
58. The Biggest Surprise - Acknowledgments
- Honors and Awards
- Original Compositions
- Selected Discography
- Index
- [UNTITLED]