Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician (1932–2021)
Curtis Fuller
Birth name Curtis DuBois Fuller Born (1932-12-15 ) December 15, 1932Detroit , Michigan, U.S.Died May 8, 2021(2021-05-08) (aged 88)[ 1] [ 1] Genres Jazz , hard bop , soul jazz Occupation(s) Musician , composer , educator Instrument Trombone Years active 1953–2021 Labels Blue Note , Prestige , Savoy , Impulse! , Epic , Atlantic
Musical artist
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932 – May 8, 2021)[ 1] jazz trombonist . He was a member of Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.[ 2]
Early life
Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 1932. Throughout his life, his birthdate was reported differently because he had added two years to his age at 17, in part to gain work. His father had emigrated from Jamaica and worked in a Ford factory, but died from tuberculosis before his son was born. His mother, who had moved north from Atlanta, died when Curtis was nine. He spent several years in an orphanage run by Jesuits.[ 1] Illinois Jacquet and his band, with J. J. Johnson on trombone.[ 3]
Fuller attended a public school in his hometown, along with Paul Chambers , Donald Byrd , Tommy Flanagan , Thad Jones , and Milt Jackson .[ 4] [ 5] Elmer James .[ 4]
Career
Fuller joined the U.S. Army in 1953 to fight in the Korean War . He served until 1955, and played in an army band with Chambers and brothers Cannonball and Nat Adderley . Upon his return from military service, Fuller joined the quintet of Yusef Lateef , another Detroit musician. The quintet moved to New York in 1957, and Fuller recorded his first sessions as a leader with Prestige Records .[ 3] [ 4]
Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records first heard Fuller playing with Miles Davis in the late 1950s. Fuller led four dates for Blue Note,[ 3] Slide Hampton , was not issued for many years.[ 6] sideman on record dates led by Sonny Clark (Dial "S" for Sonny Sonny's Crib John Coltrane (Blue Train [ 7] Bud Powell , Jimmy Smith , Wayne Shorter ,[ 3] Lee Morgan and Joe Henderson (a former roommate at Wayne State University in 1956).[ 5] [ 8]
Fuller was the first trombonist to be part of the Art Farmer -Benny Golson Jazztet . In 1961, he became the sixth member of Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers and stayed with Blakey until 1965.[ 7] [ 3] Impulse! Records , having also recorded for Savoy Records , United Artists , and Epic after his obligations to Blue Note had ended.[ 3] [ 8] Dizzy Gillespie 's band that also featured Foster Elliott. Fuller went on tour with Count Basie and also reunited with Blakey and Golson.[ 3]
Later life
Fuller married Catherine Rose Driscoll in 1980. She died of lung cancer in 2010; Fuller recorded his album The Story of Cathy & Me (2011) as a tribute.[ 9]
Fuller was granted an honorary doctorate of music from the Berklee College of Music in 1999.[ 10] NEA Jazz Master .[ 3] New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) School of Jazz Studies (SJS).[ 11]
Fuller died May 8, 2021, at the age of 88. He had eight children, nine grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.[ 1]
Discography
As leader
New Trombone [ 12] Bone & Bari [ 12] The Opener [ 12] Jazz ...It's Magic! [ 12] The Curtis Fuller Jazztet [ 12] Sliding Easy [ 12] Blues-ette [ 12] Curtis Fuller Volume 3 [ 12] South American Cookin' [ 12] The Magnificent Trombone of Curtis Fuller [ 12] Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone [ 12] Images of Curtis Fuller [ 12] Curtis Fuller with Red Garland [ 12] Cabin in the Sky [ 12] Jazz Conference Abroad (Smash, 1961 [1962])[ 12] Soul Trombone [ 12] Imagination [ 12] Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns [ 12] Smokin' [ 12] Crankin' [ 12] Fire and Filigree [ 12] Two Bones [ 12] Curtis Fuller Meets Roma Jazz Trio [ 12] Up Jumped Spring [ 12] Keep It Simple [ 12] I Will Tell Her (Capri, 2010)[ 12] The Story of Cathy & Me (2011)[ 12] Down Home (Capri, 2012)[ 12] In New Orleans (Progressive, 2018)[ 12]
As sideman
With Count Basie
With Dave Bailey
With Art Blakey
Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! [ 12] Mosaic [ 12] Three Blind Mice [ 12] Caravan Riverside , 1962)[ 12] Ugetsu [ 12] The African Beat [ 12] Buhaina's Delight [ 12] Golden Boy [ 13] Free For All [ 12] 'S Make It [ 12] Indestructible [ 12] Kyoto [ 12] Thermo (Milestone, 1973)[ 14] In My Prime Vol. 1 [ 12] Live at the Renaissance Club (Blue Note, 1978)[ 15] Live Messengers [ 12] With Sonny Clark
With John Coltrane
With Kenny Dorham
With Art Farmer
With Joe Farnsworth
It's Prime Time (Eighty-Eight's, 2003)[ 12] Drumspeak (Commodore, 2006)[ 17] With Benny Golson
With Lionel Hampton
Hamp in Haarlem (Timeless, 1979)[ 20] Live in Europe (Elite Special, 1980)[ 21] Outrageous (Glad-Hamp, 1982)[ 12] With Jimmy Heath
With Joe Henderson
With Freddie Hubbard
With Philly Joe Jones
With Quincy Jones
With Yusef Lateef
With Mike Longo
The Awakening (Mainstream, 1972)[ 24] New York '78 (Consolidated Artists, 1996)[ 12] With Machito
With Flute to Boot (Roulette, 1959)[ 25] Latin Soul Plus Jazz (Caliente, 1973)[ 12] With Blue Mitchell
With Jackie McLean
With Hank Mobley
With Lee Morgan
With Woody Shaw
With Jimmy Smith
With Stanley Turrentine
With Cedar Walton
With others
Ahmed Abdul-Malik , East Meets West [ 12] Walter Bishop Jr. , Cubicle [ 12] Bob Brookmeyer , Jazz Is a Kick [ 12] Paul Chambers , 1st Bassman [ 12] Willis Conover , Jazz Committee for Latin American Affairs (FM, 1963)[ 26] Buddy DeFranco , Blues Bag [ 12] Lou Donaldson , Lou Takes Off [ 12] Gil Evans , Great Jazz Standards [ 12] Tommy Flanagan , Trio and Sextet (Onyx, 1973)[ 12] Dizzy Gillespie , The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band [ 27] Dexter Gordon , Great Encounters (Columbia, 1979)[ 12] Johnny Griffin , The Cat (Antilles, 1991)[ 12] Slide Hampton , World of Trombones [ 12] Wilbur Harden , Jazz Way Out [ 12] Hampton Hawes , Baritones and French Horns [ 12] Albert Heath , Kwanza (The First) [ 12] John Jenkins , Jazz Eyes [ 12] Cliff Jordan , Cliff Jordan [ 12] Abbey Lincoln , It's Magic [ 12] Booker Little , New York Sessions (Lone Hill, 2004)[ 12] Gary McFarland , Today (Skye, 1970)[ 28] David "Fathead" Newman , Song for the New Man [ 12] David "Fathead" Newman, Diamondhead [ 12]
Judy Niemack , Blue Bop (Free Lance, 1989)[ 12] Cecil Payne , Bright Moments (Spotlite, 1980)[ 12] Houston Person , Blue Odyssey [ 12] Bud Powell , Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) [ 12] Paul Quinichette , On the Sunny Side [ 12] Wayne Shorter , Schizophrenia [ 12] Pat Thomas , Jazz Patterns (Strand, 1961)Mickey Tucker , Theme for a Woogie-Boogie (Denon, 1979)[ 29] [ 30] Bobby Watson , All Because of You (Roulette, 1978)[ 12] Frank Wess , Opus de Blues [ 12] Ernie Wilkins , K.A.L.E.I.D.O.D.U.K.E (Birdology, 1994)Kai Winding and Curtis Fuller, Giant Bones '80 [ 12] Phil Woods , Rights of Swing [ 12]
References
^ a b c d e Russonello, Giovanni (May 14, 2021). "Curtis Fuller, a Powerful Voice on Jazz Trombone, Dies at 88" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 14, 2021 . ^ "Curtis Fuller Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved January 21, 2020 .^ a b c d e f g h "Curtis Fuller – Bio" . National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .^ a b c "Curtis Fuller" . National Jazz Archive. January 1, 1976. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .^ a b "2013 Curtis Fuller to sit in with WCSU jazz combos" . Western Connecticut State University. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .^ "Two Bones: Curtis Fuller – Releases" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ a b Johnson, Martin (May 10, 2021). "Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 86" . NPR. Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ a b Musto, Russ (December 1, 2008). "Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger" . All About Jazz . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ Whiteis, David (October 18, 2011). "Curtis Fuller: The Story of Cathy & Me" . JazzTimes . Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021 . ^ "Curtis Fuller" . Arts.gov . Retrieved January 21, 2020 .^ "NYSSSA SJS Artistic Staff" . Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee "Curtis Fuller – Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ Chinen, Nate (December 4, 2009). "Giving a Great 1960s Jazz Album Its Groove Back" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ Yanow, Scott. "Thermo: Art Blakey – Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ "Art Blakey – Live at the Renaissance Club" . Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ Yanow, Scott. "Gold Coast: John Coltrane – Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ "Joe Farnsworth – Drumspeak" . Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ Ankeny, Jason. "Take a Number from 1 to 10: Benny Golson – Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ Lord, Tom (1992). The Jazz Discography ISBN 9781881993063 ^ "Jazz Record Requests" . BBC Radio 3. September 8, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ "Lionel Hampton – Live In Europe (aka Live In Switzerland)" . Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ Yanow, Scott. "Fast Company: Jimmy Heath – Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ "Yusef Lateef – Jazz for the Thinker" . Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ "Mike Longo 1972" . Center for Jazz Studies . Columbia University. Retrieved May 10, 2021 .^ "Herbie Mann – Afro Jazziac (aka With Flute To Boot! aka Super Mann Featuring Machito's Jazz Orchestra)" . Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved May 10, 2021 . Originally released in 1959 as Machito And His Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble's album "With Flute To Boot"(Roulette – SR-52026,US) ^ "Kenny Dorham – Hot Stuff From Brazil" . Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved May 10, 2021 . Originally released as V.A.- "Jazz Committee for Latin American Affairs"(Fred Miles FM 403) ^ Yanow, Scott. "Reunion Big Band: Dizzy Gillespie – Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ Yanow, Scott. "Today: Gary McFarland – Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ Nastos, Michael G. "Sweet Lotus Lips: Mickey Tucker – Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 10, 2021 . ^ "Mickey Tucker – Theme For A Woogie-Boogie" . Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved May 10, 2021 .
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