1965
Tears for Dolphy
Ted Curson
Audio Japan
7451107770588
LPS 164798
61045
JAZZ
1
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Trumpeter Theodore “Ted” Curson (Philadelphia, June 3, 1935–New Jersey, November 4, 2012) is perhaps best known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus. He became interested in his instrument after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet.
Curson’s father, however, wanted his son to become an alto saxophone player like Louis Jordan. Finally, when Ted was 10 years old, he received his first trumpet. He attended the Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia.
At the suggestion of Miles Davis, Curson moved to New York in 1956. He performed and recorded with Cecil Taylor in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His 1964 Eric Dolphy tribute composition “Tears for Dolphy” (recorded shortly after the saxophonist’s untimely death on June 29, 1964 at the age of 36) has been used in numerous films.
Curson had worked and recorded with Dolphy on various projects in 1960-61, when both were playing with Charles Mingus. Born in 1927, reedman Bill Barron shares the frontline with Curson on this LP.
Barron recorded extensively with Philly Joe Jones and co-led a post-bop quartet with Curson. His younger brother, pianist Kenny Barron, appeared on all of the sessions that the elder Barron led. Other musicians he recorded with included Charles Mingus and Ollie Shearer. He died in 1989 at the age of 62.
Acousti Studio, Paris, August 1, 1964
FORMAT | LP |
DISCS NUMBERS | 1 |
RECORDED | 1965 |
LABEL CODE | 61045 |
STYLE | JAZZ |