Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Clark Terry
Born December 14, 1920
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. Clark Terry Marker
Inscription.
Clark Terry. Born December 14, 1920. Born in St. Louis, Clark Terry made his first trumpet out of garden hose, attended Vashon High School, and played in local clubs before joining a Navy Band during World War II. His years with County Basie and Duke Ellington in the late 1940s and 1950s established him as a world-class jazz artist, blending the St. Louis tone of his youth with contemporary styles. Terry's sound influenced a generation, including Miles Davis. Also a pioneer of fluegelhorn in jazz, Terry was a standout in the NBC-TV orchestra for 12 years before he left to form his own bands and continue recording. Clark Terry was inducted into the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991.
Born in St. Louis, Clark Terry made his first trumpet out of garden hose, attended Vashon High School, and played in local clubs before joining a Navy Band during World War II. His years with County Basie and Duke Ellington in the late 1940s and 1950s established him as a world-class jazz artist, blending the St. Louis tone of his youth with contemporary styles. Terry's sound influenced a generation, including Miles Davis. Also a pioneer of fluegelhorn in jazz, Terry was a standout in the NBC-TV orchestra for 12 years before he left to form his own bands and continue recording. Clark Terry was inducted into the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991.
Location. 38° 39.372′ N, 90° 18.382′ W. Marker is in University City, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Delmar Loop. It is on Delmar Boulevard west of Leland Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6631 Delmar Blvd, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 316 times since then and 71 times this year. Photo1. submitted on October 9, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
