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About the Book "George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Added title page. Book Synopsis Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greats--Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, and Dianne Reeves, among many others. Terry also reveals much about his own personal life, his experiences with racism, how he helped break the color barrier in 1960 when he joined the Tonight Show band on NBC, and why--at ninety years old--his students from around the world still call and visit him for lessons. From the Back Cover "Clark Terry is the epitome of jazz trumpet, of jazz, and of human kindness. His playing is impeccable and original, scintillating, humorous, and brimming with pluckish wit and late-night pungence. His style is virtuosic and deeply intelligent. It cannot be identified by decade or era or style (as it is timeless and definitive of American Jazz and the profoundest aspirations of the jazzman): to be one of a kind, to endure, to inspire, to be truthful, to be accurate, to swing. He has inspired thousands of younger musicians and nourished us with his interest, his knowledge, and his love. His contributions go far beyond the bandstand and he will always be an indelible part of our lives, inseparable from our identity as musicians and people. We all love him deeply. And forever."--Wynton Marsalis"Clark Terry is a living history of much of jazz, to which he has contributed as a deeply imaginative soloist and influential band leader. His additional life mission has long been 'to teach as many young musicians as I could.' His first pupil was Quincy Jones and he was the first to recognize the potential of Miles Davis. To this day, Clark's international impact is such that young students come to his home in a small town in Arkansas from Israel, Australia, and other lands to take lessons from Clark. Now, at last, in this memoir of his storied career, Clark swingingly personifies the multi-dimensional jazz life. He writes as he plays--the very sounds and rhythms of surprise!"--Nat Hentoff, author of At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene"Clark Terry is the unique voice in America's creative art form called jazz. I would not have a career without him. His friends and admirers cover the whole planet."--Jimmy "Little Bird" Heath "Clark Terry has not only been living his dream, he has spent his life helping others to achieve their dreams as well. He's an extraordinary role model and mentor who has walked the walk. And now, in addition to decades of wonderful music, he is giving us another gift, his autobiography. It is up to us to share the love, the music, and the stories with our children, and our children's children, for this is how they'll learn. Thank you, Clark, for the wonderful example you have set. We love you."--Nancy Wilson"Clark Terry is an American Master. I love to listen to him, particularly 'Mumbles.' I was so delighted when we received degrees together, along with Edward Kennedy, at the New England Conservatory in 1997."--Aretha Franklin"I've always been a great admirer of Clark Terry's work on the trumpet and flugelhorn, and now I have become a big admirer of his work as an author--you will love this book." --Clint Eastwood"I met Clark when I was sixteen years old. He saw something in me and without hesitation planted me in the most fertile soil any aspiring artist could hope to be in . . . his heart. I am eternally grateful for his generous spirit, love, encouragement, storytelling, and above all laughter throughout the years! Clark . . . I love you madly."--Dianne Reeves"I've come to know Clark as undoubtedly the greatest teacher in the history of jazz. From the mentoring of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, to the millions of young musicians touched by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz all over the globe, Clark and his incredible music stand as a symbol of intellect and spirituality of the highest order to all of us. Thank God for Clark Terry!" --Thelonious Monk, III"Thank you, Clark, for a lifetime of your incredible talents, and for filling this world with so much love. All of us at the Jazz Foundation of America are sincerely thankful for your compassion and involvement in our efforts to help musicians in need. You are an inspiration and a classic role model truly beyond category!" --Wendy Oxenhorn"His style, his sound, his look, his voice, his heart, his soul. That's what inspires Snoop Dogg about Mr. Terry. If I could only do half of what he did in the music business, my life would be complete. I had the honor and pleasure of spending a few days with Mr. Terry. He's the greatest to ever do it. Thank you, Uncle Quincy, for introducing me to Mr. Mumbles!!!" --Snoop Dogg"Clark and I have been friends for many decades, and I've always enjoyed his music. Recently, on a long, three-hundred-mile drive to our gig, we listened to Clark's wonderful Porgy and Bess album. This was the second or third time that we'd done that. It sure was some great playing on your part, Clark! We enjoyed those Chicago Jazz Orchestra brass players, too. Congratulations on your book." --Dave Brubeck"When I saw Clark performing at the Blue Note in New York, I thought to myself, 'Could this be what all of us instrumentalists are really trying to do?' Before my eyes and ears, the legend/man/craftsman went there. As I saw it, there was straight to the source of personal expression. Through Mumbles or through the flugelhorn, the man spoke to me that night, and I'll remember that always as a larger than life experience." --Esperanza Spalding"Clark Terry is a jazz superstar, and one of the most extraordinary individuals I have ever encountered. He's a world-class musician, educator, composer, jazz pioneer, and a co-founder of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. He has inspired people of all ages with his humor, courage, passion and vision. Thanks for your friendship, Clark, and for always being there for the Institute." --Tom Carter"Whenever I see Clark Terry, I always look forward to talking to him and reminiscing about the early bebop years. There's an expression coined by Lester Young that succinctly says it all about Clark Terry: 'chandelier, ' a raconteur par excellence, Mumbles-brilliant, original musical brilliance. It has been a privilege." --Billy Dee Williams"The one I admire without restriction is Clark Terry, whose pronunciation at the trumpet or bugle is a model of sharpness, clearness and authority. A model which is given with generosity to all of those who want to play this instrument...the way it should be played." --Maurice André Review Quotes "Clark chronicles, in endearing prose, Terry's personal and professional journey. . . . Onstage and in the backroom, Terry and his trumpet shared a front-row seat to jazz history. . . . [that's] nothing short of that remarkable story."-- "San Francisco Chronicle""[Clark Terry has] changed the institution of jazz education, creating new standards for a performer's generous relationship with students of all types, and a healthy respect for the place of a thorough education in the evolution of jazz."-- "Jazzed: Jazz Education Journal""A career . . . chronicled with open-hearted charm."-- "National Post""A disarmingly honest and thoroughly entertaining autobiography. . . . No drug and alcohol sob stories here, just hard work and an exceptionally good nature. This is a sweet read."-- "Seattle Times""A long awaited story of the great joy of playing the trumpet and making music since the early 1930s. Terry's book is conversational in style but blunt and exacting in detail about people and dates; he holds nothing back."-- "Jazz Times""An easy, entertaining and informative volume that will please his fans and introduce budding jazz listeners to his many contributions."-- "New York City Jazz Record""An important book, an excellent read, a genuine page turner by a dependable, talented musician who achieved worldwide fame as a unique and creative improviser."-- "Blue Light""Clark is the last survivor of a great jazz age, and thus this book is doubly important. . . . With a subject like this you couldn't go wrong, and the book is a most satisfying read."-- "Jazz Journal""Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greats."-- "All About Jazz""Informative, detailed, intimate, and throughly absorbing, Clark is very strongly recommended."-- "Midwest Book Review""No doubt because of Terry's ebullient personality, the text reads just the way he speaks, and has vivid descriptions of people, places and smells, with a knack for folksy similes."-- "Jazz UK Magazine""One feels that even the nearly sixty chapters of narrative are not enough to do justice to such an exceptional career."-- "ARSC Journal""Storytellers are to be cherished and Clark Terry should be on a pedestal for his thoroughly entertaining autobiography. Brimming with life, love, music, and great characters, this book is as much a history of the twen
On the winding roads of Route 20 in Orange County, Virginia stands a century-old train depot, home to the local Montpelier Station, Virginia post office. On February 21, 2010, it became the home of James Madison's Montpelier's newest exhibit— The Montpelier Train Depot: In the Time of Segregation. In 2008, the Montpelier Foundation undertook a one-year renovation of the Depot. They restored the Depot to the way it was in the 1910s in order to document a time of legalized segregation in Virginia and throughout the United States. Montpelier dedicated The Montpelier Train Depot: In the Time of Segregation to the memory of Russell Coffin Childs, a former Montpelier special projects director. It was his vision to restore the Montpelier Train Depot to educate the public about the "Jim Crow" era. Thanks to Childs' vision and dedication, Montpelier will be able to share the truth of all of our American history with generations to come.
Sarah L. Fraser was one of the first black female doctors in America. Fraser was born on January 29, 1850. She was on of eight children to Rev. Loguen and wife Caroline. Fraser traveled with her father as he ministered through the country. She served as his secretary and studying German in her spare time. When her father died in 1872, she became ...
One of NPR's Best Books of the Year \"Straight's memoir is a lyric social history of her multiracial clan in Riverside that explores the bonds of love and survival that bind them, with a particular emphasis on the women's stories . . . The aftereffect of all these disparate stories juxtaposed in a single epic is remarkable. Its resonance lingers for days after reading.\" --San Francisco Chronicle In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. In inland Southern California, near the desert and the Mexican border, Susan Straight, a self-proclaimed book nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African American basketball player, started dating in high school. After college, they married and drove to Amherst, Massachusetts, where Straight met her teacher and mentor, James Baldwin, who encouraged her to write. Once back in Riverside, at driveway barbecues and fish fries with the large, close-knit Sims family, Straight--and eventually her three daughters--heard for decades the stories of Dwayne's female ancestors. Some women escaped violence in post-slavery Tennessee, some escaped murder in Jim Crow Mississippi, and some fled abusive men. Straight's mother-in-law, Alberta Sims, is the descendant at the heart of this memoir. Susan's family, too, reflects the hardship and resilience of women pushing onward--from Switzerland, Canada, and the Colorado Rockies to California. A Pakistani word, biraderi, is one Straight uses to define a complex system of kinship and clan--those who become your family. An entire community helped raise her daughters. Of her three girls, now grown and working in museums and the entertainment industry, Straight writes, \"The daughters of our ancestors carry in their blood at least three continents. We are not about borders. We are about love and survival.\" \"Certain books give off the sense that you won't want them to end, so splendid the writing, so lyrical the stories. Such is the case with Southern California novelist Susan Straight's new memoir, In the Country of Women . . . Her vibrant pages are filled with people of churned-together blood culled from scattered immigrants and native peoples, indomitable women and their babies. Yet they never succumb . . . Straight gives us permission to remember what went before with passion and attachment.\" --Los Angeles Times Author: Susan Straight Publisher: Catapult Published: 08/06/2019 Pages: 384 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 1.60lbs Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.50d ISBN: 9781948226226 Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/06/2019 Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2019 pg. 82 Booklist 06/01/2019 pg. 24 About the Author SUSAN STRAIGHT has published eight novels, including Highwire Moon, Between Heaven and Here, and A Million Nightingales. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the National Magazine Award. She is the recipient of the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Edgar Award for Best Short Story, the O. Henry Prize, the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her stories and essays have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Granta, McSweeney's, Black Clock, Harper's, and other journals. Her work has been translated into Spanish, German, French, Arabic, Turkish, Japanese, Romanian, Swedish, and Russian. She is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. She was born in Riverside, where she lives with her family.
