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Ted Curson

Ted Curson has been played on NTS in shows including Launette's Hour , featured first on 22 September 2013. Songs played include Pop Wine, Quicksand and Only Forever.

Theodore "Ted" Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was a jazz trumpeter. He is perhaps best known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus.

Curson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's father, however, preferred that Ted become an alto saxophone player like Louis Jordan. Finally, when Ted was 10 years old, he received a "raggedy" trumpet.

Curson attended Granoff Musical Conservatory. At…

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Pop Wine
Ted Curson
Futura Records1971
Pop Wine
Ted CursonFutura Records1971
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Quicksand
Ted Curson
Can-Am Records0
Quicksand
Ted CursonCan-Am Records0
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Only Forever
Ted Curson
Prestige1963
Only Forever
Ted CursonPrestige1963
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Fire Down Below
Ted Curson
Prestige1963
Fire Down Below
Ted CursonPrestige1963
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Nublu
Ted Curson
Atlantic1965
Nublu
Ted CursonAtlantic1965
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'Round About Midnight
Ted Curson
Trio Records1979
'Round About Midnight
Ted CursonTrio Records1979
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