Clark Terry - Star Eyes (2018)

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Title: Star Eyes
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: nagel heyer records
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3
Total Time: 1:37:55
Total Size: 593 / 228 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Willow Weep for Me
02. It Don't Mean a Thing
03. C-Jam Blues
04. Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues
05. Impeccable
06. What Will I Tell My Heart
07. Milli Terry
08. Funky
09. Clark's Expedition
10. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
11. Pint of Bitter
12. Basin Street Blues
13. Squeeze Me
14. Candy
15. Half a Sawbuck
16. Blues for Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues
17. It's Fun to Think
18. Phat Bach
19. Top 'N' Bottom
20. A Tune for the Tutor
21. Ocean Motion
22. Clark's Bars
23. Boomerang

Possessor of the happiest sound in jazz, flügelhornist Clark Terry always played music that was exuberant, swinging, and fun. A brilliant (and very distinctive) soloist, Terry gained fame for his "Mumbles" vocals (which started as a satire of the less intelligible ancient blues singers) and was also an enthusiastic educator. He gained early experience playing trumpet in the viable St. Louis jazz scene of the early '40s (where he was an inspiration for Miles Davis) and, after performing in a Navy band during World War II, he gained a strong reputation playing with the big band of Charlie Barnet (1947-1948), the orchestra and small groups of Count Basie (1948-1951), and particularly with Duke Ellington (1951-1959). Terry, a versatile swing/bop soloist who started specializing on flügelhorn in the mid-'50s, had many features with Ellington (including "Perdido"), and started leading his own record dates during that era. He visited Europe with Harold Arlen's unsuccessful Free & Easy show of 1959-1960 as part of Quincy Jones' Orchestra, and then joined the staff of NBC where he was a regular member of the Tonight Show Orchestra. He recorded regularly in the '60s, including a classic set with the Oscar Peterson Trio and several dates with the quintet he co-led with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Throughout the '70s, '80s, and '90s, Terry remained a major force, recording and performing in a wide variety of settings, including as the head of his short-lived big band in the mid-'70s, with all-star groups for Pablo, and as a guest artist who provided happiness in every note he played. Terry died on February 21, 2015, at age 94, after an extended battle with diabetes. ~ Scott Yanow