Endorsing Artists

Jazz soloist, composer and author Su Terry has performed and recorded with a long list of Jazz VIPs, including Charli Persip, Clifford Jordan, Walter Bishop, Jr., Jaki Byard, Dr. Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, Al Jarreau, Melba Liston, Chaka Khan, George Duke, Barry Harris, Hilton Ruiz, Irene Reid, Dr. John, Teri Thornton, Mike Longo, Howard Johnson, Art Blakey, Carmen McRae, Jon Faddis, Lew Tabackin, Lew Soloff, Ray Barretto, Peggy Stern.

She’s been a Jazz soloist with the National Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and both the Florida and New York Pops Orchestras.International jazz festival appearances include Montreux; Grande Parade du Jazz; Pori; Northsea; Trave, Montreal and Ottawa.  In the States she’s performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Ms. Terry has a discography of more than fifty recordings. Passionate about passing on her knowledge to students and colleagues, she conducts frequent masterclasses and workshops. She is the author of Practice Like The Pros and several other instructional books, two non-fiction titles: Inside the Mind of a Musician and For The Curious, and an illustrated short novel, I Was a Jazz Musician For the FBI. She’s a frequent contributor to Allegro Magazine and the lead columnist for The Note. She has been Artist in Residence at the Jazz Society of Ecuador since 2012, and in July 2013 her group toured that country for the U.S. Dept. of State.Ms. Terry is a longtime practitioner of the martial art of Taijiquan and holds nine USKSF Championship Tournament gold medals.