Brad Terry

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Brad Terry (* 1937 ) is an American jazz musician ( clarinet ) and author. Doug Ramsey described it as " one of the well-hidden clarinet secrets of our time ".

Live and act

Terry worked in a youth summer camp for many years. He also taught jazz in the United States and Poland. The first recordings under his own name were made in New York a. a. with the pianist Eddie Thompson . As a musician he worked a. a. with Lenny Breau ( The Living Room Tapes 1978/79), Roger Kellaway ( Fifty-Fifty 1987), John Basile (Duo album 1989) and in Poland with Jarek Śmietana ( Ballads and Other Songs , 1993), Joachim Mencel ( All About Spring 1994 ) and the Swing Orchestra Krakow. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 14 recording sessions between 1971 and 1997. Currently (2015) Terry, who lives in Maine , plays in a duo with guitarist Peter Herman. In 2015 Terry published his autobiographical book I Feel More Like I Do Now Than I Did Yesterday (Lulu).

Discographic notes

  • Brad Terry Plays Gershwin (Darbyterr, 1996), with Jarek Śmietana, Andrzej Cudzich, Andrzej Dąbrowski
  • Brad Terry / Joachim Mencel Quartet: Colorado (Darbyterr, 1997), with Dwight Kilian , Paul Romaine
  • Brad Terry Plays Ellington (Starling, 1997), with Jarek Śmietana, Bogdan Wysocki, Sławomir Rosiak, Leszek Szczerba, Piotr Baron, Wojciech Groborz, Antoni Dębski, Jacek Niedziela, Adam Czerwiński

Web links

Commons : Brad Terry  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Feature by Doug Ramsey in Rifftides (2015)
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 14, 2015)
  3. ^ Jazz Forum, Issues 128-131, International Jazz Federation, 1991
  4. ↑ Will the music stop for Maine jazz legend Brad Terry?
  5. ^ One last night of really fine jazz in Brunswick
personal data
SURNAME Terry, Brad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (clarinet) and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1937