Ted Curson
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Background information | |
Birth name | Theodore Curson |
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | June 3, 1935
Died |
November 4, 2012 77) Montclair, New Jersey, United States | (aged
Genres | Bebop, hard bop, avant-garde jazz |
Instruments | Trumpet |
Years active | 1955–2012 |
Labels | Old Town, Prestige, Fontana, Atlantic, Black Lion, Arista, Inner City, Interplay, Chiaroscuro |
Associated acts | Charles Mingus, Spirit Of Life Ensemble |
Theodore "Ted" Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012)[1][2] was an American jazz trumpeter. He is perhaps best known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus.
Curson was born in Philadelphia.[1] He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet.[3] Curson's father, however, preferred that his son should become an alto saxophone player like Louis Jordan.[3] Finally, when Ted was 10 years old, he received his first trumpet.[3]
Curson attended Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia.[4] At the suggestion of Miles Davis, he moved to New York in 1956.[1] Curson performed and recorded with Cecil Taylor in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[1][5] His 1964 Eric Dolphy tribute composition "Tears for Dolphy" has been used in numerous films.[6][7][8]
Curson was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.[9] He was also a familiar face in Finland, having performed annually at the Pori Jazz festival each year since the beginning of the event in 1966.[2] In 2007, Curson performed at Finland's Independence Day Ball at the invitation of president Tarja Halonen.[10]
Curson died on November 4, 2012 in Montclair.[2]
Discography
As leader
- 1961: Plenty of Horn (Old Town)
- 1962: Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (Prestige)
- 1964: Tears for Dolphy (Fontana)
- 1965: The New Thing & the Blue Thing (Atlantic)
- 1966: Urge (Fontana)
- 1964-66: Flip Top (Freedom) released 1977
- 1970: Ode to Booker Ervin (EMI Columbia)
- 1971: Pop Wine (Futura)
- 1973: Cattin' Curson (Marge) / Typical Ted (Trident)
- 1974: Quicksand (Atlantic)
- 1976: Blue Piccolo (Whynote) / Ted Curson and Co. (India Navigation)
- 1976: Jubilant Power (Inner City)
- 1978: Blowin' Away (Interplay) with Dizzy Reece
- 1979: The Trio (Interplay)
- 1980: I Heard Mingus (Interplay)
- 1980: Snake Johnson (Chiaroscuro)
- 1996: Traveling On (Evidence)
- 1999: Sugar 'n Spice (Level Green)
- 2007: Ted Curson in Paris: Live at the Sunside (Blue Marge)
- 2012: Live in Paris: Plays the Music of Charles Mingus (Elabeth)
As sideman
With Andrew Hill
- Spiral (Freedom, 1975)
With Charles Mingus
- Mingus (Candid, 1960)
- Mingus Revisited (Mercury, 1960)
- Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic, 1960)
- Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (Candid, 1960)
WIth New York Contemporary Five
With Sal Nistico
- Neo / Nistico (Bee Hive)
With Archie Shepp
- Fire Music (Impulse!, 1965)
With Cecil Taylor
- Love for Sale (United Artists, 1959)
- Mixed (Impulse!, 1961 [1998]) first released as Gil Evans: Into the Hot (Impi]ulse, 1961) - Curson appears on one track
With Andrzej Trzaskowski
- Seant (1966)
With The Clinic Sextet
- Studio Live (Fifty Fifty 2006)
With Spirit Of Life Ensemble
- Live Au Duc (Rise Up Productions 2001)
- Planet Jazz (Rise Up Productions 2009)
With Nick Brignola and Pepper Adams
- Baritone Madness (Bee Hive)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Wynn, Ron (1994). Ron Wynn, ed. All Music Guide to Jazz. Allmusic. M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 183. ISBN 0-87930-308-5.
- 1 2 3 Gustafsson, Sari (2012-11-04). "Pori Jazzin legenda Ted Curson kuoli". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Lehtikuva.
- 1 2 3 Allen, Clifford (2005-06-02). "Ted Curson: Atypical Ted". Allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ↑ Biography at AllMusic (web version)
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Eighth ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1267. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
- ↑ "Ted Curson". ATPFestival.com. All Tomorrow's Parties. 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ↑ Gilchrist, Todd (2006-03-20). "Teorema". IGN.com. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ↑ Teorema at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats, The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2004
- ↑ "The President's Independence Day Reception on 6 December 2007". Office of the President of the Republic of Finland. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
External links
- Ted Curson at AllMusic
- http://www.fiftyrecords.com/kauppa/ffcd1052_ted_curson.html
- http://www.turkujazz.fi/esiintyjat/esittelyt/tcatcs.html
- http://www.turunsanomat.fi/ajassa/?ts=1,3:1007:0:0,4:7:0:1:2007-12-05,104:7:502857,1:0:0:0:0:0: