Jazz / Avant-Garde, Post-Bop, Hard Bop
Recorded in New York City, April 1961
Ted Curson (tp)
Bill Barron (ts)
Eric dolphy (fl on #3 & 7), Kenny Drew (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), Roy Haynes (d), Danny Richmond (d on #2,4 & 9) and Pete La Roca (d on #5 & 8)
Chris Popham Package Design
Duncan Cowell Post Production
Hy Weiss Producer
John Crosby Liner Notes
Krieg Wunderlich Mastering
Nat Hentoff Liner Notes
"An excellent and flexible trumpeter, Ted Curson will always be best-known for his work with Charles Mingus' 1960 quartet (which also included Eric Dolphy and Dannie Richmond). He studied at Granoff Musical Conservatory; moved to New York in 1956; played in New York with Mal Waldron, Red Garland, and Philly Joe Jones; and recorded with Cecil Taylor (1961). After the 1959-1960 Mingus association (which resulted in some classic recordings), Curson co-led a quintet with Bill Barron (1960-1965), played with Max Roach, and led his own groups. He spent time from the late '60s on in Europe (particularly Denmark) but has had a lower profile than one would expect since his return to the U.S. in 1976. Ted Curson has led sessions for Old Town (1961), Prestige, Fontana, Atlantic, Arista, Inner City, Interplay, Chiaroscuro, and several European labels, but has barely been on records at all since 1980."
---Scott Yanow -All Music Guide
Ted Curson
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jun 03, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz
An excellent and flexible trumpeter, Ted Curson will always be best-known for his work with Charles Mingus' 1960 quartet (which also included Eric Dolphy and Dannie Richmond). He studied at Granoff Musical Conservatory; moved to New York in 1956; played in New York with Mal Waldron, Red Garland, and Philly Joe Jones; and recorded with Cecil Taylor (1961). After the 1959-1960 Mingus association (which resulted in some classic recordings), Curson co-led a quintet with Bill Barron (1960-1965), played with Max Roach, and led his own groups. He spent time from the late '60s on in Europe (particularly Denmark) but has had a lower profile than one would expect since his return to the U.S. in 1976. Ted Curson has led sessions for Old Town (1961), Prestige, Fontana, Atlantic, Arista, Inner City, Interplay, Chiaroscuro, and several European labels, but has barely been on records at all since
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
