The Trio (Ted Curson album)

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The Trio
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Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedJanuary 3, 1979
StudioRPM Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length39:21
Label Interplay IP 7722
Producer Toshiya Taenaka
Ted Curson chronology
Blowin' Away
(1978)
The Trio
(1979)
I Heard Mingus
(1980)

The Trio is an album by trumpeter Ted Curson, recorded in 1979 and first released on the Interplay label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Globe and Mail noted that it is "a volatile group, taking its tenor from the passionate trumpet and flugelhorn playing of leader Curson; his is a very human sound, its expressiveness heightened by the vocalized quality of the slurs and abrupt turns of his phrasing." [5] Bay State Banner panned the "sloppiness," writing that the album "sounds almost nightmarish in spots." [6]

Track listing

All compositions by Ted Curson except where noted

  1. "Snake Johnson" – 7:34
  2. "Pent Up House" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:48
  3. "Quicksand" – 6:42
  4. "Straight Ice" – 9:11
  5. "'Round About Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 10:06

Personnel

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References

  1. Ted Curson discography accessed February 27, 2015
  2. Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 27, 2015
  3. Interplay Records discography accessed May 9, 2017
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. Miller, Mark (18 Aug 1979). "The Trio Ted Curson". The Globe and Mail. p. F4.
  6. Lane, George (31 May 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 34. p. 15.