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Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932 – May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.
May 14, 2021 · Curtis Fuller, a trombonist and composer whose expansive sound and powerful sense of swing made him a driving force in postwar jazz, died on May 8 at a nursing home in Detroit. He was 88.
May 10, 2021 · Trombonist and composer Curtis Fuller, a pivotal figure on his instrument since the '50s and a beloved mentor, passed away May 8. He was 88. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Mary...
May 8, 2021 · A remarkably fluent trombonist, whose impeccable sense of time and ambitious solos made him a mainstay of the hard-bop scene, Curtis Fuller was born in Detroit, where he spent 10 years of his childhood in an orphanage.
May 14, 2021 · Curtis Fuller, a trombonist and composer whose expansive sound and powerful sense of swing made him a driving force in postwar jazz, died on May 8, 2021, at a nursing home in Detroit. He was...
May 12, 2021 · Curtis Fuller, an acclaimed jazz trombonist who was a key contributor to the bluesy hard-bop style of the 1950s and 1960s and who was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts,...
May 10, 2021 · After cutting his teeth in Detroit, a move to New York near the middle of the century found him directly in the center of a deeply important moment for jazz.
Aug 1, 2001 · Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 88. May 10, 2021 • After cutting his teeth in Detroit, a move to New York near the middle of the century found him directly in ...
May 12, 2021 · It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Curtis Fuller, recipient of a 2007 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz. A remarkably fluent trombonist, Fuller’s impeccable sense of time and ambitious solos made him a mainstay of the hard-bop scene.
May 16, 2021 · One of the best and most consistent hard bop soloists on the slide trombone, Curtis Fuller did not receive the full praise and recognition he deserved. Taken to a jazz recital as a teenager he listened carefully to J.J. Johnson and decided “I think I can do that.”
