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Date	Time	Event	Location
Thu Dec 09	7:00 pm	CELEBRATING CLARK TERRY ~ Forney, Matheny & Monce	Sacred Grounds Jazz CoffeeHouse, Scottsdale AZ	more info
Sat Dec 18	8:00 pm	HOLIDAY JAZZ ~ Dmitri Matheny Group featuring Clairdee	Tempe Center for the Arts Presented by Lakeshore Jazz, Tempe AZ	more info

Event Details

Thursday, December 9
CELEBRATING CLARK TERRY ~ Forney, Matheny & Monce
7:00 pm
Sacred Grounds Jazz CoffeeHouse, 4425 N Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale AZ (MAP)
Join us at SACRED GROUNDS on DECEMBER 9, 2010 for CELEBRATING CLARK TERRY, a 90th Birthday Bash honoring one of the most beloved musicians in the world of jazz.

An early pioneer of jazz flugelhorn, Clark Terry is world-renowned as a trumpeter, educator and recording artist.

The recipient of thirteen honorary doctorates, Mr. Terry has performed for seven U.S. Presidents and has received the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship, our country's highest honor for jazz artists.

Mr. Terry has penned more than two hundred compositions and has published three books on applied brass technique: Let's Talk Trumpet: From Legit to Jazz, Interpretation of the Jazz Language, and Clark Terry's System of Circular Breathing for Woodwind and Brass Instruments.

Lauded as an American hero for helping to break the color barrier at NBC, Clark Terry was hired by the network as a studio musician in 1960 and went on to become one of the best-loved soloists in the Tonight Show Band.

A former "Jazz Ambassador" for State Department tours to Africa and the Middle East, Clark Terry has received many honors abroad, including the German Imperial Medal of Knighthood and the French Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres. Mr. Terry's statue and star on the Walk of Fame are enshrined in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

Terry's discography boasts over 300 recordings as a bandleader and as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, Dutch Metropole Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra, Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Ben Webster, Charlie Barnet, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Billy Strayhorn, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Milt Jackson, Bob Brookmeyer, Jon Faddis, and Dianne Reeves, as well as with dozens of collegiate and high school student ensembles.

Clark Terry's storied career and invaluable contributions to world culture were feted earlier this year when the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences awarded him the 2010 Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

SACRED GROUNDS JAZZ COFFEEHOUSE is a great place to hear the Valley’s finest jazz musicians in a family-friendly setting, with no distractions.

We request a $5.00 donation at the door (only $3.00 from students). Coffee, non-alcoholic beverages and desserts are for sale at our snack bar.

Directions: Sacred Grounds is located at Scottsdale Congregational United Church of Christ, 4425 N. Granite Reef Rd., Scottsdale, AZ between Indian School and Camelback Roads. From the 101 take the Indian School Rd. exit and turn west and go to the second light (Granite Reef Rd.) and turn right (north). The church is on the right (east) side of the street, just south of Camelback Rd.

For the upcoming concert schedule, visit www.scucc.com the website of Scottsdale Congregational United Church of Christ.