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Terry Rosen (May 1941 -- December 30, 1999) was an American jazz guitarist, concert promoter, and radio DJ.

Terry Rosen was born in Atlanta, GA but moved with his parents to Columbia, SC at the age of three. Picking up the guitar at the age of 14, he began sitting in on bandstands with local musicians in Columbia in 1956; he graduated from Dreher High School in 1957. Shortly after graduation, he left for Los Angeles where he attended the now-defunct Westlake College of Music for two years. In 1960, he befriended a member of the Harry James Big Band who landed him a position in Harry's band for two years. Playing the Vegas- Tahoe club scene, Terry Rosen met Sammy Davis, Jr. and soon joined his band, appearing on recordings such as Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove, recorded in 1963. In the late 1970s, he returned to South Carolina where he attended the University of South Carolina and ran his first jazz radio show on WUSC-FM. In 1981, South Carolina Educational Radio gave him a nightly jazz program which he named Inside Jazz with Terry Rosen. This program is the longest running nightly jazz show on South Carolina Public Radio, broadcasting from 1985 until 1998. Rosen continued playing clubs during those years, inviting up and coming young musicians to perform with his ensemble, including saxophonist Chris Potter. On New Year's Eve of 1999, he met his demise in a hotel room in Columbia, SC when his firearm supposedly discharged accidently. Present at the time of his death was his then wife, Jamie (Rosen was married multiple times).

Discography

 * 'Harry James and Orchestra: Moanin' Low" (MGM, 1961)
 * 'Sammy Davis, Jr. Live at the Cocoanut Grove'' (Reprise Records, 1963)