BHM 2019

CARTER, JOHN (1929–1991). John Carter, jazz composer and clarinetist, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 24, 1929. He was influenced

Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas, on February 24, 1933, but grew up in Dallas, where he studied first the

Hemphill was born in Fort Worth, Texas,[2] and attended I.M. Terrell High School (as did Ornette Coleman).[3] He studied the clarinet with John Carter,[2] another I.M. Terrell alumnus,[3]before learning saxophone. Gerry

Henry “Buster” Smith, jazzsaxophone player, was born on August 24, 1904, in Alsdorf, Texas. His early musical influences included his father

Moffett was born in Fort Worth, Texas,[1] where he attended I.M. Terrell High School with Ornette Coleman.[2]:27 Before switching to drums, Moffett began his musical career as a trumpeter.[2] At