HMR 1004 Summary

• Honors jazz musician and educator Clark Terry, Jr., recognizing his contributions to music and music education throughout his 70-year career as a trumpeter, educator, and jazz ambassador.

• Acknowledges Terry's significant achievements including more than 900 recordings, collaboration with major jazz figures like Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and performances for 8 U.S. Presidents.

• Recognizes Terry's Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master designation, and his role as the first African-American staff musician employed by NBC on the Tonight Show band for 12 years.

• Notes Terry's relocation to Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 2006 where he taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and mentored music students until his death on February 21, 2015 at age 94.

• Directs the House Chief Clerk to provide a copy of the resolution to Terry's widow, Gwen Terry.