Sue Terry

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Sue Terry (* 1959 ) is an American jazz musician ( saxophone , composition).

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Terry, who came to jazz through her father's record collection, played the accordion from the age of six. She started playing the clarinet at the age of nine and switched to the alto saxophone at twelve . She studied at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford . Jackie McLean encouraged her to move to New York City, where Clifford Jordan , Junior Cook, and Barry Harris became her mentors. After arriving in New York in the 1980s, she was a soloist in the bands of Charli Persip , Clifford Jordan, Walter Bishop Jr. and Jaki Byard , later with the National Symphony , Brooklyn Philharmonic and the New York Pops . She has also worked with Billy Taylor , Clark Terry , Al Jarreau , Chaka Khan , George Duke , Barry Harris, Hilton Ruiz , Irene Reid , Dr. John , Teri Thornton , Mike Longo and Howard Johnson . She has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival , the North Sea Jazz Festival and Pori Jazz ; In 2016 she led a workshop at TraveJazz together with Vladyslav Sendecki .

Terry has been the director of albums such as Gilly's Caper , Pink Slimy Worm and Bandleader 101 since 1993 . She can also be heard on albums by Joe McMahon, Bobby Sanabria , Jaki Byard, Fred Ho , Diva and Caribbean bands. With Peggy Stern she released the album Art of the Duo (1995). Terry is also the author of Practice Like the Pros and several other textbooks.

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  1. ↑ a b biography
  2. ^ Leslie Gourse , Madame Jazz . Oxford 1995, p. 103
  3. ↑ Lübeck: Travelodge Jazz Jazz Thing, August 11, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Terry, Sue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Terry, Su
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 1959