"Billie Holiday once told me that when you're playing, you're talking to people. So you should edit your speech. Learn the words to the songs and play them."
-- Curtis Fuller
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When it comes to jazz trombone, Curtis Fuller sits among high priests like J.J. Johnson, Slide Hampton, and Kai Winding as one of its most influential practitioners. Fuller's fluid improvisations and wide-interval leaps have graced Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Benny Golson and Art Farmer's Jazztet, as well as the recordings by other luminaries such as John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday Abbey Lincoln, and Quincy Jones, among many others. On this edition, Dr. Taylor and Fuller talk about old times like two war veterans, resulting in some absorbing conversation and music making.
On-demand audio from this show:
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Listen to Curtis talk about the other jazz legends he grew up with in Detroit
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Listen to Curtis tell how the original lineup of the Jazztet was formed
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Listen to Curtis list the various trombonists that influenced his playing
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Listen to Curtis explain the difference between playing with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Jazztet
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Listen to Curtis and Billy give a gut-splitting funny story about their first European tour with Jazzmobile
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