Curtis Hasselbring

Curtis Rae Hasselbring (born July 12, 1965, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American jazz trombonist, guitarist and composer.

Hasselbring learned trombone and guitar while young, though he did not play guitar professionally until the 1990s. He studied formally at the New England Conservatory, graduating in 1988, then worked with Charlie Kohlhase, the Either/Orchestra and Ken Schaphorst. He took a master's degree at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1991-1993, during which time he began working with Chris Speed, Bobby Previte, Cuong Vu, Satoko Fujii, and others.[1] He is the leader of the ensembles The New Mellow Edwards (with John Hollenbeck, Trevor Dunn and Chris Speed), Decoupage (with Mary Halvorson, Matt Moran and Satoshi Takeishi), and his newest project, the Curhachestra (with Raphael McGregor, Adam Minkoff and Daniel Rieser). He has released three albums as a leader. Curtis is also active creating electronic music and remixes under the name "Curha".

Discography

As leader

  • The New Mellow Edwards (Skirl, 2006)
  • Big Choantza (Skirl, 2009)
  • Number Stations (Cuneiform, 2013)

Under the name "Curha"

As sideman

With Either/Orchestra

  • Radium (Accurate, 1988)
  • The Half-Life of Desire (Accurate, 1990)
  • The Calculus of Pleasure (Accurate, 1992)
  • Across the Omniverse (Accurate, 1996)

With Satoko Fujii

  • South Wind (Leo Lab, 1997)
  • Double Take (EWE, 2000)
  • Jo (Buzz, 2000)
  • The Future of the Past (Enja, 2003)
  • Blueprint (Natsat Music, 2004)
  • Undulation (PJL, 2006)
  • Fujin Raijin (Victo, 2007)
  • Summer Suite (Libra, 2008)
  • Watershed (Libra, 2011)
  • Eto (Libra, 2011)
  • Shiki (Libra, 2014)
  • Fukushima (Libra, 2017)
  • Entity (Libra, 2019)

With Ghost Train Orchestra

With Ken Schaphorst

  • Making Lunch (Accurate, 1989)
  • After Blue (Accurate, 1991)
  • When the Moon Jumps (Accurate, 1994)
  • Purple (Naxos, 1998)
  • How to Say Goodbye (JCA, 2016)

With others

References

  1. ^ Gary W. Kennedy, "Curtis Hasselbring". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.


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