Birth name Theodore Curson Name Ted Curson | Years active 1955–2012 Instruments Trumpet | |
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Born June 3, 1935Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ( 1935-06-03 ) Labels Albums | ||
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Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter.
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- Trumpeters dig zoot red rodney joe wilder john glasel and ted curson
- Ted curson l s d takes a holiday live france 1973
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
Curson was born in Philadelphia. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's father, however, wanted him to play alto saxophone like Louis Jordan. When he was ten, he got his first trumpet.
He attended Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia. At the suggestion of Miles Davis, he moved to New York in 1956. He performed and recorded with Cecil Taylor in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His composition "Tears for Dolphy" has been used in numerous films.
He was a familiar face in Finland, having performed at the Pori Jazz festival every year since it began in 1966. In 2007, he performed at Finland's Independence Day Ball at the invitation of president Tarja Halonen.
A longtime resident of Montclair, New Jersey, Curson died there on November 4, 2012.
Ted curson l s d takes a holiday live france 1973
As leader
As sideman
With Pepper Adams
With Bill Barron
With Nick Brignola
With Graham Collier
With Andrew Hill
With Charles Mingus
With New York Contemporary Five
With Sal Nistico
With Archie Shepp
With Cecil Taylor
With Andrzej Trzaskowski
With The Clinic Sextet
With Spirit of Life Ensemble