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Happy 86th Birthday, Clark Terry!!!


Allan Songer

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One of my favorite Clark Terry LP is the "Oscar Petersen trio plus 1" I bought my first copy when I was in high school and played the crap out of it. I happened to be in Vintage Vinyl in St Louis and found a mint copy so I bought it. I had known that Mr. Terry was from St Louis, but it still amazed me and was bit of a twilight zone moment, because when I left the record store thinking about how much I loved this LP, I stepped on Clark Terries "star" on the walk of St Louis Fame, Delmar Ave, in U City. Pretty darn coincidental and pretty darn cool!

It also caused me to ponder on all the great artists from St Louis. St Louis is a lot like Italy and Ireland. Both are small countries with a disproportionate influence on the worlds culture. In the case of St Louis they have had a disproportionate influence on American art and Culture. Clark Terry is an example of this inluence!

Josh

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