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==Death and tributes== [[File:Nnenna Freelon, Clark Terry.jpg|thumb|200px|Terry performing at [[the White House]] with singer [[Nnenna Freelon]] in 2006]] On February 13, 2015, it was announced that Terry had entered [[hospice]] care to manage his advanced [[diabetes]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6472885/clark-terry-enters-hospice-care-jazz-trumpeter|author=Marc Schneider|title=Jazz Great Clark Terry Enters Hospice Care|magazine=Billboard|date=February 13, 2015|access-date=February 15, 2015}}</ref> He died on February 21, 2015.<ref name="Reporter">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jazz-musician-clark-terry-dies-776129/|title=Jazz Musician Clark Terry Dies at 94|author=Marc Schneider|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 21, 2015|access-date=February 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jazz-great-clark-terry-dead-at-94-20150222|author=Daniel Kreps|title=Jazz Great Clark Terry Dead at 94|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 22, 2015|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> Writing in ''[[The New York Times]]'', Peter Keepnews said Terry "was acclaimed for his impeccable musicianship, loved for his playful spirit and respected for his adaptability. Although his sound on both trumpet and the rounder-toned flugelhorn (which he helped popularize as a jazz instrument) was highly personal and easily identifiable, he managed to fit it snugly into a wide range of musical contexts."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/arts/music/clark-terry-influential-jazz-trumpeter-dies-at-94.html|title=Clark Terry, Master of Jazz Trumpet, Dies at 94|author= Peter Keepnews |work=The New York Times|date=February 22, 2015|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> Writing in UK's ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Martin Chilton said: "Terry was a music educator and had a deep and lasting influence on the course of jazz. Terry became a mentor to generations of jazz players, including Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis and composer-arranger Quincy Jones."<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/11427957/Clark-Terry-jazz-trumpeter-dies-aged-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/11427957/Clark-Terry-jazz-trumpeter-dies-aged-94.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|author=Martin Chilton|title=Clark Terry, jazz trumpeter, dies aged 94|date=February 22, 2015|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=February 22, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Interviewing Terry in 2005, fellow jazz trumpeter [[Scotty Barnhart]] said he was "... one of the most incredibly versatile musicians to ever live ... a jazz trumpet master that played with the greatest names in the history of the music ..."<ref>{{cite book |last=Barnhart |first=Scotty| title=The World of Jazz Trumpet: A Comprehensive History & Practical Philosophy |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2005 |isbn=978-0634095276}} Chapter 3: Clark Terry, pp. 91-96.</ref> [[Southeast Missouri State University]] hosts the Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival, an annual tribute to the musician. The festival began in 1998, and has grown in size every year. The festival showcases outstanding student musicians and guest artists at the university's River Campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://semo.edu/admissions/aboutsoutheast/history.html|title=history β Southeast Missouri State University|website=Semo.edu|access-date=January 17, 2019|archive-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121029/https://semo.edu/admissions/aboutsoutheast/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://semo.edu/music/festivals/jazz.html|title=Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival β Southeast Missouri State University|website=Semo.edu|access-date=January 17, 2019|archive-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121004/https://semo.edu/music/festivals/jazz.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[The University of New Hampshire]] hosts the Clark Terry Jazz Festival every year; it showcases middle- and high-school jazz musicians from all over New England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cola.unh.edu/music/outreach/clark-terry-unh-jazz-festival|title=The Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival |date=July 5, 2018 |access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref>
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