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Marcus Belgrave: Preserver of Jazz
by Shannon J. Effinger
If you trace the careers of many of today's jazz artists, you'll discover that they all converge around one man--trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. He gave Karriem Riggins his very first drum set. Ray Parker, Jr. got his first gig thanks to him. He even took a then 15- year-old James Carter to Europe for the first time. ...
Bill Cantrall & Axiom: Live at the Kitano
by Edward Blanco
The Kitano New York Hotel, in midtown Manhattan, offers one of the city's most intimate jazz lounge settings, and it is in this boutique hotel that trombonist Bill Cantrall follows up his critically acclaimed debut, Axiom (Up Swing, 2008), with an audacious second effort simply titled Live at the Kitano. Enlisting a core quintet group as ...
Steve Davis: Gettin' It Done
by Bruce Lindsay
Calling trombonist Steve Davis a veteran is probably inappropriate--after all, he was a mere 44 year-old when he recorded Gettin' It Done in October, 2011. However, he has such a wealth of experience, such a command of his instrument and such a rich back catalog of recordings that based on his body of work rather than ...
Curtis Fuller: Down Home
by Edward Blanco
Legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller was 22 years old when he played on John Coltrane's landmark Blue Train (Blue Note, 1957), and the saxophonist remained best friends with Fuller during the 1950s and '60s. In 2005, the trombonist met saxophonist Keith Oxman, and has since developed a friendship leading to Fuller's favorable comparison of his new friend ...
Curtis Fuller: Down Home
by Bruce Lindsay
The trombone can be smoothly seductive, raucous, rasping or cheekily fruity by turn. Curtis Fuller is a master of the instrument, a veteran of six decades of top flight jazz who is still full of creativity as a player and writer. Featuring his regular sextet, Down Home is an absolutely delightful recording--a sophisticated collection of tunes ...
Curtis Fuller: Down Home
by Florence Wetzel
The jazz world of the fifties and sixties was undeniably a golden age, and legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller was one of the era's key voices. Throughout his sixty-year career, Fuller has worked with some of jazz's foundational players: he appears on saxophonist John Coltrane's Blue Train (Blue Note, 1957), he was part of drummer Art Blakey's ...
Curtis Fuller: The Story of Cathy & Me
by AAJ Italy Staff
Registrato in seguito alla scomparsa della moglie Catherine Rose Driscoll, avvenuta il 13 gennaio 2010, questo album non può che rappresentare, conseguentemente, un punto d'arrivo denso di significato nella parabola artistica di Curtis Fuller, trombonista nato a Detroit nel 1934 e noto tra l'altro per aver partecipato, nel 1957, all'incisione del coltraniano Blue Train e per ...
Take Five With Jay Vonada
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jay Vonada: Trombonist Jay T. Vonada, of Aaronsburg Pennsylvania, had his debut CD, Jammin', released on Tuesday July 22, 2008. His latest CD, Red Pajamas, was released in January of 2012 and features trombone, organ and drums.Vonada attended Mansfield University in the fall of 1993, studying jazz improvisation with Dr. Michael ...
The Story Of Cathy & Me
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Interlude 1: My Name Is Curtis Fuller; Little Dreams; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; I Asked & She Said Yes; The Right To Love; My Lady's Tears; Interlude 2: My Children; Sweetness; Look What I Got; Interlude 3: Cancer, A Horrible Experience; Life Was Good, What Went Wrong; Love Was Everything When Love Was You And Me; Too Late Now; Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year; Interlude 4: My Wish For Cathy And My Friends.
I Will Tell Her
Label:
Released: 2011
Track listing:
Studio:
01. Time Off (Curtis Fuller) - 6:23; 02. Sagittarius (CF) - 5:16; 03. Minor's Holiday (Kenny Dorham) - 6:05; 04. I Will Tell Her (CF) - 9:18; 05. Maze (CF) - 8:03; 06. The Court (CF) - 5:38;
07. Alamode (CF) - 6:18; 08. The Clan (CF) - 6:04.
Live:
01. Tenor Madness (Sonny Rollins) - 13:26; 02. The Court (CF) - 11:00; 03. I Will Tell Her (CF) - 12:44; 04. Maze (CF) - 11:59; 05. I Want To Talk About You (William Eckstine) - 9:27;
06 Minor's Holiday (KD) - 6:06.
