- Ted Curson
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Name = Ted Curson
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Theodore Curson
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Born = Birth date and age|1935|6|3|mf=yPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania ,United States
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Instrument =trumpet
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Genre =Bebop ,Hard bop ,Avant-garde jazz
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Years_active = 1955 - present
Label = Old Town, Prestige, Fontana, Atlantic, Black Lion, Arista, Inner City, Interplay, Chiaroscuro
Associated_acts =Charles Mingus
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Notable_instruments =Theodore "Ted" Curson (born
June 3 ,1935 ,Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania cite book|last=Wynn|first=Ron|editor=Ron Wynn|others=M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov|title=All Music Guide to Jazz |series=Allmusic |year=1994|publisher=Miller Freeman Books|location=San Francisco|isbn=0-87930-308-5|pages=p. 183] ) is ajazz trumpet er. He is perhaps best-known for recording and performing withCharles Mingus .Curson became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet.cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17756|title=Ted Curson: Atypical Ted|accessdate=2007-08-02|last=Allen|first=Clifford|date=2005-06-02|format=HTML|work=Allaboutjazz.com|publisher=All About Jazz] Curson's father, however, preferred that Ted become an
alto saxophone player likeLouis Jordan . Finally, when Ted was 10 years old, he received a "raggedy" trumpet.Curson attended
Granoff Musical Conservatory .Allmusicguide|id=11:kiftxqt5ldke~T1|label=Biography (web version)] At the suggestion ofMiles Davis , he moved to New York in 1956. Curson performed and recorded withCecil Taylor in the late 1950s and early 1960s.cite book|last=Cook|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Cook|coauthors=Brian Morton|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear=1992|edition=Eighth ed.|year=2006|publisher=Penguin|location=New York|isbn=0-141-02327-9|pages=p. 1267] His 1964 composition "Tears for Dolphy" has been used in the films "Teorema", "Last Date", and "The Brown Bunny ". [cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/archive/line_up_view.php?archive=16&view=459|title=Ted Curson|accessdate=2007-07-25|year=2005|format=HTML|work=ATPFestival.com|publisher=All Tomorrow's Parties] [cite web|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/697/697167p1.html|title=Teorema|accessdate=2007-07-25|last=Gilchrist|first=Todd|date=2006-03-20|format=HTML|work=IGN.com|publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc.] [imdb title|0063678|Teorema]Curson is a resident of
Montclair, New Jersey . [ [http://www.nj.com/greatday/stories/more.html The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats] , "The Star-Ledger ",September 28 ,2004 ]References
See also
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External links
*Allmusicguide|id=11:kiftxqt5ldke~T0
* http://www.fiftyrecords.com/kauppa/ffcd1052_ted_curson.html
* http://www.turkujazz.fi/esiintyjat/esittelyt/tcatcs.html
* http://www.turunsanomat.fi/ajassa/?ts=1,3:1007:0:0,4:7:0:1:2007-12-05,104:7:502857,1:0:0:0:0:0:
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