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Кертис Фуллер родился в Детройте в Мичигане в 1934 году. Рос в сиротском приюте, в школе играл на валторне, саксофоне и скрипке, денег на частные уроки музыки у него не было, оттого он стал самоучкой, так что и тромбон освоил самостоятельно. В Дейтроте в его время выросло немало музыкальных джазовых талантов, к примеру Милт Джексон, Хэнк Джонс, Томми Фланаган, недавно приезжавший в Израиль пианист Кирк Лайтси, так что Кертис вслед за ними перебрался в Нью-Йорк после демобилизации из армии, где он прослужил два года, играя в военном оркестре с 1951 по 1953 год. Сразу после демобилизации он начал играть в...

Curtis Stigers - американский вокалист, саксофонист, гитарист, композитор, аранжировщик, автор песен и лидер. Большинство его хитов написано в 90 гг. Родился в Boise, Idaho там же и прошёл обучение музыке. Блюз, рок. Переехал в Нью-Йорк. Работал и записывался с Gene Harris, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Prince, Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart, The Allman Brothers Band and Joe Cocker. В последние годы более склонен к джазу. .

Growing up in Kent, Ohio, David was surrounded by Bluegrass music. At the age of twelve he was playing bass for the family band, traveling from festival to festival, along with his younger sister, noted songstress, Jessica Lea Mayfield, singing and absorbing the stories and lessons taught by road hard veterans, all the while picking up tips on how to play a lick on guitar or mandolin. By the time he was a teenager, Mayfield had won several national awards for his guitar and mandolin playing and his reputation was being forged in the world of Bluegrass as a player...

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...