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Blue Piccolo

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Released
  
1976

Producer
  
Masahiko Yuh

Artist
  
Ted Curson

Label
  
Whynot

Length
  
42:50

Blue Piccolo (1976)
  
Jubilant Power (1976)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 1, 1976 Vanguard Studios, NYC.

Similar
  
Jubilant Power, Ode to Booker Ervin, The New Thing & the Blue Thing, Plenty of Horn, Tears for Dolphy

Blue Piccolo is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Japanese Whynot label and the on India Navigation in the US as Ted Curson & Co..

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "The distinctive trumpeter Ted Curson is well showcased on this LP... As usual his solos are both adventurous and (due to his appealing tone and roots in earlier styles of jazz) fairly accessible. Worth searching for".

Track listing

All compositions by Ted Curson except as indicated

  1. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 9:36
  2. "Blue Piccolo" - 12:29
  3. "Playhouse March" - 7:09
  4. "Song of the Lonely" - 8:05
  5. "Dwackdi Mun Fudalick" - 5:31

Personnel

  • Ted Curson - flugelhorn, trumpet, pocket trumpet
  • Jim McNeely - piano
  • Cecil McBee - bass
  • Steve McCall - drums
  • Songs

    1All the Things You Are9:36
    2Blue Piccolo12:29
    3Playhouse March7:09

    References

    Blue Piccolo Wikipedia