Clark Terry back home after heart surgery

It's a pleasure to be able to relay the news that after undergoing surgery to remove what was described as a 95% heart blockage, trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry was released from a Kansas City hospital on May 19 and is now recuperating at his home in Pine Bluff, AR. (This information comes from the "News" section of Terry's Web site, but since the site is built using Flash, there's no way to link directly to any of the internal pages.) Fans can still send their "get well" wishes to Terry via this thread at JazzCorner.com's "Speakeasy" message board.