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Clark Terry: a jazz legend airs his heart

Jazz musician and teacher Clark Terry died last month. Jazz journalist Jeroen de Valk looks back on a candid interview with one of the greatest trumpet players of all time.

It wasn't until February 21 that he fell silent, Clark Terry. He was 94 and had been in the musician's business for at least 75 years. Go figure: he made his living as a trumpeter as a young teenager and remained active until his last hospitalisation, a few weeks back. Blind, legs amputated due to diabetes, unable to...

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Jeroen de Valk

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Jazz musician and teacher Clark Terry died last month. Jazz journalist Jeroen de Valk looks back on a candid interview with one of the greatest trumpet players of all time.

It wasn't until February 21 that he fell silent, Clark Terry. He was 94 and had been in the musician's business for at least 75 years. Go figure: he made his living as a trumpeter as a young teenager and remained active until his last hospitalisation, a few weeks back. Blind, legs amputated due to diabetes, unable to...

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