Compelling from cover to cover; this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail; Clark Terry; born in 1920; takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis; Missouri; where jazz could be heard everywhere; to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start; and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greatsmdash;Ella Fitzgerald; Oscar Peterson; Dizzy Gillespie; Dinah Washington; Doc Severinsen; Ray Charles; Thelonious Monk; Billie Holiday; Sarah Vaughan; Coleman Hawkins; Zoot Sims; and Dianne Reeves; among many others. Terry also reveals much about his own personal life; his experiences with racism; how he helped break the color barrier in 1960 when he joined the Tonight Show band on NBC; and whymdash;at ninety years oldmdash;his students from around the world still call and visit him for lessons.
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