Blue Piccolo
1976 studio album by Ted Curson
Blue Piccolo | ||||
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Studio album by Ted Curson | ||||
Released | 1976 | |||
Recorded | July 1, 1976 | |||
Studio | Vanguard Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:50 | |||
Label | Whynot PA-7153 | |||
Producer | Masahiko Yuh | |||
Ted Curson chronology | ||||
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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.[1][2]
Reception
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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".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Ted Curson except as indicated
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 9:36
- "Blue Piccolo" - 12:29
- "Playhouse March" - 7:09
- "Song of the Lonely" - 8:05
- "Dwackdi Mun Fudalick" - 5:31
Personnel
- Ted Curson - flugelhorn, trumpet, pocket trumpet
- Jim McNeely - piano
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Steve McCall - drums
References
- ^ Ted Curson discography accessed February 27, 2015
- ^ Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 27, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed February 27, 2015
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- Plenty of Horn (1961)
- Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (1962)
- Flip Top (1964–66)
- Tears for Dolphy (1964)
- The New Thing & the Blue Thing (1965)
- Urge (1966)
- Ode to Booker Ervin (1970)
- Pop Wine (1971)
- Cattin' Curson (1973)
- Quicksand (1974)
- Blue Piccolo (1976)
- Jubilant Power (1976)
- Blowin' Away (and Dizzy Reece, 1978)
- The Trio (1979)
- I Heard Mingus (1980)
- Snake Johnson (1981)
- Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
- Mingus (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Mingus at Antibes (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
- California Cookin' (Pepper Adams, 1983)
- The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961)
- Modern Windows (Bill Barron, 1961)
- Baritone Madness (Nick Brignola and Pepper Adams, 1977)
- Hoarded Dreams (Graham Collier, 1983)
- Spiral (Andrew Hill, 1974–75)
- Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (New York Contemporary Five, split album, 1964)
- Fire Music (Archie Shepp, 1965)
- Love for Sale (Cecil Taylor, 1959)
- Seant (Andrzej Trzaskowski, 1965–66)