Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below

Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below
Studio album by Ted Curson
Released	1963
Recorded	December 10, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	30:44
Label	Prestige PRLP 7263
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Ted Curson chronology
Plenty of Horn (1961) Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (1963) Tears for Dolphy (1964)

Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson, recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "The main fault of this otherwise superior CD reissue is that there are only 31 minutes of music... Curson, 27 at the time, is heard in top form on one of the very few of his sessions to be reissued ". ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Fire Down Below" (Lester Lee, Ned Washington) - 4:36
2. "The Very Young" (Harold Little, Herb Sacker) - 4:39
3. "Baby Has Gone Bye Bye" (Robert Allen, Allan Roberts) - 4:38
4. "Show Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 4:26
5. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:29
6. "Only Forever" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) - 6:56

Personnel

• Ted Curson - trumpet
• Gildo Mahones - piano
• George Tucker - bass
• Roy Haynes - drums
• Montego Joe - congas

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed December 5, 2012
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed December 5, 2012
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 324. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.