Der US-amerikanische Jazz-Trompeter Clark Terry ist gestorben

Der am 14. Dezember 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, geborene US-amerikanische Jazz-Trompeter, Flügelhornspieler, Bandleader und Komponist Clark Terry (Bild) ist am 21. Februar 2015 in Washington gestorben. Terry lebte zeitweilig auch in Bern.

Foto: 2002, http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=4921 – Datei: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clark_Terry.jpg

Our beloved Clark Terry has joined the big band in heaven where he’ll be singing and playing with the angels. He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, students and friends. Clark has known and played with so many amazing people in his life. He has found great joy in his friendships and his greatest passion was spending time with his students.

Gwen Terry

http://clarkterry.com/

In a career spanning seven decades, he is listed as a performer or producer on over 900 different recordings.

His impact on music today is incalculable, and according to his recently published autobiography Terry has received more than 250 accolades for his contributions to music. In addition to receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 and being named an NEA Jazz Master in 1991, he was also the recipient of sixteen honorary doctorates at universities across the globe.

David La Rosa

http://thejazzline.com/news/2015/02/clark-terry-died/

A native of St. Louis, Terry rose to fame as a sideman for two legends of swing/big band music, first performing with Count Basie between 1948-1951 and then Duke Ellington from 1951-1959. Terry held the distinction of being one of few who played in both bands. He made an even bigger impact in the 1960s as the first-ever African-American staff musician at NBC, where he spent 12 years as a featured horn player in The Tonight Show band.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jazz-musician-clark-terry-dies-776129

Among the most prolific and widely admired instrumentalists in jazz, Terry led or co-led more than 80 recording dates and played on more than 900 sessions by the time of his last session in 2004.

http://variety.com/2015/music/news/trumpeter-clark-terry-who-played-in-tonight-show-band-dies-at-94-1201438814/

Diese Leichtigkeit! Diese Eleganz! Bei Clark Terry wirkte alles wie ein Kinderspiel. Selbst in den schärfsten Tempi, den höchsten Höhen, den vertracktesten Melodie-Linien war er entspannt. Wo andere Trompeter längst aufgegeben hätten, wirkte er eher unter- als überfordert. Seine Improvisationen waren ein unversiegbarer Strom von Ideen. Alle in grösster Perfektion umgesetzt und mit einer Nonchalance und Beiläufigkeit gespielt, dass es dem Hörer gar nicht erst in den Sinn kam, dass da höchste Kunst entstand.

Beat Blaser

http://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/clark-terrys-spiel-mit-toenen-und-humor-war-unverwechselbar

Grammy-Preisträger war Vorbild für Miles Davis

Der US-amerikanische Musiker galt als Meister des warmen Tons und erreichte nur mit dem Lippenansatz zahlreiche Artikulationsnuancen. Seine Spielweise hat viele Trompeter, darunter Miles Davis, beeinflusst. Terry, der auch Bandleader und Komponist war, hat maßgeblich dazu beigetragen, das Flügelhorn in der Jazzmusik populär zu machen.

http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/jazz-trompeter-clark-terry-gestorben.265.de.html?drn:news_id=455223