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Imitate, assimilate & innovate.

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Clark Terry
Age: 94 †
Born: 1920
Born: December 14
Died: 2015
Died: February 21
Bandleader
Composer
Jazz Musician
Music Pedagogue
Songwriter
Trumpeter
St. Louis
Missouri
Assimilate
Innovate
Imitate
Jazz
Music

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I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what you really feel inside.
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