...the main thing I picked up from Mingus was to do your own shit, straight ahead no matter what. "Journeyman is often applied to those in the jazz business, but "stevedore might be more apt. After ...

Ted Curson (b. 1935–2012) was a Philadelphia-born jazz trumpeter who played with Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor, Max Roach, and Dizzy Reese among others. As a young turk of the 1960s jazz avant-garde, ...

Ted Curson is still very active as a trumpeter and flugelhornist in his seventies, when most players formerly had to give up the instrument for health reasons. Surrounding himself with a strong, young ...

Ted Curson, a Montclair, N.J.-based trumpeter who gained international fame as a free jazz contributor playing with Cecil Taylor and leading his own bands, died on Nov. 4 in his Montclair home. He was ...

The Spirit of Life Ensemble will pay tribute to the later jazz icon and trumpeter Ted Curson tonight in a performance at Newark. The event will be held at the Priory, 233 West Market, from 7 to 11 p.m ...

Ted Curson, a celebrated jazz trumpeter who collaborated with many of the greats of the genre, died of a heart attack in his Montclair home on Sunday. He was 77. was a regular at New Jersey jazz clubs ...