Clark Terry - Mumbles, 1965 (HD restoration)

Clark Terry was a brilliant trumpeter, but his wonderful scatted set-piece Mumbles was probably his most famous song. He scats it in a kind of conversational gibberish - which he makes look like a great coherent story, if only we could understand what he’s saying. There’s many different versions to be found on YouTube, including a duet with Aretha Franklin - but this is absolutely my favourite. This is taken from a 1965 Oscar Peterson concert in Helsinki with an amazing line-up: Clark Terry - vocals Oscar Peterson - piano Ray Brown - bass Ed Thigpen - drums Video cleaned up and restored to 1080p. If you like this, and want to watch more videos like it, please do hit the subscribe button! For details on my other projects, check out my blog at