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Article: Album Review

Curtis Fuller: Down Home

Read "Down Home" reviewed 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 ...

Article: Album Review

Curtis Fuller: The Story of Cathy & Me

Read "The Story of Cathy & Me" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Jay Vonada

Read "Take Five With Jay Vonada" reviewed 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 ...

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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.

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Soul Trombone / Cabin In The Sky

Label: Prestige
Released: 2011

Album

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.

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Article: Album Review

Colin Stranahan / Glenn Zaleski / Rick Rosato: Anticipation

Read "Anticipation" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


The piano-bass-drum trio format is a classic configuration in jazz, and with good reason: given the right musicians, this particular combination of instruments forms a perfect sonic triangle. As the jazz world mourns the November 2011 death of drummer Paul Motian--a member of pianist Bill Evans's paradigm-shifting trio, along with gifted bassist Scott LaFaro--it's good to ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Curtis Fuller

Jazz Musician of the Day: Curtis Fuller

All About Jazz is celebrating Curtis Fuller's birthday today! Curtis Fuller was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1934. He came to music late, playing the baritone horn in high school and switching to the trombone at age 16. Detroit, at the time, was the breeding ground for an astonishing pool of fresh, highly individual talent. Milt ...

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News: Recording

Curtis Fuller, "The Story of Cathy and Me," 2011

Curtis Fuller, "The Story of Cathy and Me," 2011

Mr. Curtis Fuller, a giant of the trombone, the hard-bopping master on countless sessions from the '50s on... He is still doing it, though not as energetically and not as consistently as in his prime. Hey, he is not a young man. And with age comes a kind of reflective wisdom that you can dig for ...

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News: Event

Duane Eubanks at Society Hill Playhouse on Nov. 17th

Duane Eubanks at Society Hill Playhouse on Nov. 17th

Appearing at the new Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concerts series Jazz at the Playhouse at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia on November 17th will be trumpeter Duane Eubanks and his band . One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or 856-858-8914. Parking is right across the street. ...


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