CURTIS FULLER "THE OPENER" MM, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VV, LE, SO, RVG, NEW
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CURTIS FULLER "THE OPENER"
2010 MUSIC MATTERS, 2 LP'S, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, SOLD-OUT, LIMITED EDITION, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"WHEN BEBOP TOOK OVER FROM SWING, IT WAS FEARED THAT THE TROMBONE WAS ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A MINOR INSTRUMENT. FEW OTHER THAN J.J. JOHNSON AND KAI WINDING COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLAY THE POTENTIALLY AWKWARD TROMBONE AT THE RAPID SPEEDS FAVORED BY CHARLIE PARKER AND DIZZY GILLESPIE. HOWEVER CURTIS FULLER, WHO EMERGED IN THE MID 1950'S, DEVELOPED A STYLE INSPIRED BY J.J. JOHNSON THAT BECAME AND INFLUENTIAL FORCE AND HELPED TO SAVE THE INSTRUMENT."
"BY THE TIME HE RECORDED "THE OPENER" IN 1957, FULLER WAS THE DEFINITIVE HARD BOP TROMBONIST, A POSITION THAT HE WOULD OWN AFTER SPEND ING SEVERAL YEARS IN THE 1960'S AS A MEMBER OF ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS. FOR HIS DEBUT BLUE NOTE ALBUM, FULLER DIGS INTO THREE STANDARDS, TWO ORIGINALS AND "OSCALYPSO" (A CALYPSO BY OSCAR PETTIFORD), SHOWING THAT THE TROMBONE HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MODERN JAZZ, AT LEAST BY THOSE WHO COULD PLAY ON THIS LEVEL. HIS WARMTH, SWING AND CONSISTENTLY COLORFUL IDEAS MAKE "THE OPENER" ONE OF CURTIS FULLER'S MOST EXCITING MEMORABLE."
1) A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING 2) HUGORE 3) OSCALYPSO 4) HERE'S TO MY LADY 5) LIZZY'S BOUNCE 6) SOON
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