Trumpeter and flugelhornist Clark Terry had a long career. On his first recording session, in 1947, he was the leader of a group called Clark Terry and His Section Eights for V-Disc. The label was started by the government in 1943 during the American Federation of Musicians recording ban of 1942-'44 that allowed music to be recorded for the Army provide…
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