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El trombonista, Curtis Fuller pertenece a esa generación de músicos posterior a la epoca dorada del trombón moderno de jazz que representaba, Jay Jay Johnson y Kai Winding fundamentalmente. Desde el principio de su carrera profesional, Curtís Fuller destacó por su originalidad, creatividad y también por dotar al trombón de jazz de la línea moderna de continuidad que le proporcionaron los dos músicos antes citados.
En Detroit, ciudad donde nació, Curtis Fuller empezó a tocar junto a Kenny Burrel y Yusef Lateef. Posteriormente sus encuentros con Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Cannnonball Adderley o Gil Evans, resultaría muy provechos para la...
Curtis Stigers es un compositor, cantante, guitarrista y saxofonista americano de jazz. Edita sus discos bajo el sello Concord Records.
Con el legendario pianista de jazz Gene Harris como mentor, su album de debut, publicado en 1991, vendió 1 millón y medio de copias.
En su carrera en solitario, ha compaginado su trabajo como solista de voz inconfundible, con temas propios (sus mayores éxitos han sido los temas "I wonder why" y "You're All That Matters To Me") con una personal interpretación de los "jazz standards".
Ha colaborado con grandes figuras del jazz actual, como George Benson, Diana Krall, Wynton...
The Stoney Curtis Band is a power trio from Los Angeles, USA. Originally from Chicago, Stoney Curtis formed the SCB in 1995. Curtis' passion for '60s and '70s hard rock as well as soul and funk doesn't decrease the amount of blues feeling that he brings to ballsy, hard-rocking selections like "Black Rose," "Girlfriend," "American Lady," and "That's Right" -- not at all. Curtis, who wrote or co-wrote all of the material, employs a wealth of blues feeling and blues imagery. Mainstays on the Blues and Rock circuit, an award winning band that includes, "Best Blues/Rock Band" in 1999 and...
When Shannon Curtis was 5, she danced and sang along to her dad playing 40’s-era standards on her family’s baby grand.
When she was 7, her classical piano teacher told her she played like a boy.
When she was 9, she sang into her hairbrush pretending to be Amy Grant.
Just out of college, she shirked her pre-med Biology degree and made an earnest effort as the lead singer in a guitar-based rock band.
Two years ago she found her piano again, started writing love songs, and quit the band. Since then she says it’s been like walking around in...
