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Clark Terry

Title: Quintet / Big Band in Concert

Label: Impro-Jazz

Cat No:DVDIJ524
Format:DVD

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· For the first time ever on DVD, two complete performances by trumpet master Clark Terry, in a quintet and big band settings. Total Time: 85 m. B&W & Colour - Mono.

· The quintet session, 6 numbers, is with Bob Brookmeyer, Laurie Holloway (p), Rick Laird (b) & Allan Ganley (d) and was recorded in London on February 21, 1965.

· ‘Big Bad Band’ session, 7 tracks, from 1974, also in England, features Jimmy Heath (ts), Ernie Wilkins, Horace Parlan, Grady Tate, Richard Williams, Sonny Costanza, Jimmy Wilkins, Chris Woods, & many others.

· There are also 2 bonus tracks of the Clark Terry Quintet featuring Pepper Adams in Copenhagen, 1977.

· Saint Louis-born Clark Terry began his career in the early 1940s and between 1947 and 1960 played in many top bands including Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Quincy Jones - as well as many small groups, including the Thelonious Monk Octet in the late sixties. Active until well past the age of 80, he remains one of the last living jazz legends.

Track Listing for Quintet / Big Band in Concert
01 The Hymn (Introduction) 1:20
(Charlie Parker)
02 Straight, No Chaser 7:03
(Thelonious Monk)
03 Pretty Girl 4:49
(Bob Brookmeyer)
04 Hum 6:06
(Bob Brookmeyer)
05 Things Ain't What They
Used to Be 6:29
(Mercer Ellington)
06 Tete a Tete 6:43
(Clark Terry)
CLARK TERRY BIG BAD BAND:
Clark Terry (tp, flhrn, vcl on 13), Richard Williams,
Stan Shafran, Oscar Gamby, Bent Di Martino (tp),
Sonny Costanza, Jimmy Wilkins (tb), Richard
Boone (tb, vcl on 13), Jack Jeffers (b-tb), ChrisWoods (as, fl), Arnie Lawrence (as), Jimmy Heath (ts),
Ernie Wilkins (ts, arr.), B. Johanson (bar), HoraceParlan (p), Eddie Jones (b), Grady Tate (d).
London, England, 1974.
07 Etoile 4:32
(Howard McGhee)
08 Take the "A" Train 4:37
(Billy Strayhorn)
09 Rock Skipping at the
Blue Note 4:35
(Billy Strayhorn)
10 On the Trail 5:36
(Ferde Grofé)
11 Una Más 8:13
(Kenny Dorham)
12 Sheba 5:27
(Clark Terry)
13 Mumbles 5:55
(Clark Terry)
14 Shell Game 7:05
(Frank Wess)
*Bonus tracks: CLARK TERRY QUINTET featuring
Pepper Adams (bar). Copenhagen, 1977.
15 God Bless the Child 3:05
(Billie Holiday-Arthur Herzog)
16 Daydream 2:45
(Duke Ellington)
TOTAL TIME: 85 m.

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