Quicksand (Ted Curson album)

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Studio album by Ted Curson
Released 1976
Recorded May 13 & 16, 1974
Studio Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length48:04
Label Atlantic P-7532A
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Ted Curson chronology
Cattin' Curson
(1973)		Quicksand
(1976)		 Blue Piccolo
(1976)

Quicksand is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1974 and released on the Atlantic label. [1] [2]

Ted Curson Jazz trumpeter

Theodore Curson was an American jazz trumpeter.

Atlantic Records American record label

Atlantic Recording Corporation is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by Led Zeppelin and Yes.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Ted Curson

  1. "Spiderlegs" - 7:50
  2. "Tears for Dolphy" - 8:12
  3. "Typical Ted" - 7:21
  4. "Greasy as a Porkchop" - 5:56
  5. "Sugar 'n' Spice" - 6:55
  6. "Quicksand" - 11:50

Personnel

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Piccolo trumpet smallest member of the trumpet family of brass musical instruments

The smallest of the trumpet family is the piccolo trumpet, pitched one octave higher than the standard B♭ trumpet. Most piccolo trumpets are built to play in either B♭ or A, using a separate leadpipe for each key. The tubing in the B♭ piccolo trumpet is one-half the length of that in a standard B♭ trumpet. Piccolo trumpets in G, F, and even high C are also manufactured, but are rarer.

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References

  1. ↑ Ted Curson discography accessed February 26, 2015
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 26, 2015
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