The Trio (Ted Curson album) explained

The Trio
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ted Curson
Cover:	The Trio (Ted Curson album).jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	January 3, 1979
Studio:	RPM Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:21
Label:	Interplay IP 7722
Producer:	Toshiya Taenaka
Chronology:	Ted Curson
Prev Title:	Blowin' Away
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	I Heard Mingus
Next Year:	1980

The Trio is an album by trumpeter Ted Curson, recorded in 1979 and first released on the Interplay label.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail noted that it's "a volatile group, taking its tenor from the passionate trumpet and flugelhorn playing of leader Curson; his is a very human sound, its expressiveness heightened by the vocalized quality of the slurs and abrupt turns of his phrasing."^[4] Bay State Banner panned the "sloppiness," writing that the album "sounds almost nightmarish in spots."^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Ted Curson except where noted

1. "Snake Johnson" – 7:34
2. "Pent Up House" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:48
3. "Quicksand" – 6:42
4. "Straight Ice" – 9:11
5. "'Round About Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 10:06

Personnel

• Ted Curson – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, percussion
  • Ray Drummond – bass Roy Haynes – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/ted-curson/catalog/#interplay-ip-7722 Ted Curson discography
2. Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 27, 2015
3. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/intrplay.htm Interplay Records discography
4. News: Miller . Mark . The Trio Ted Curson . The Globe and Mail . 18 Aug 1979 . F4.
5. News: Lane . George . Shades of Blue . Bay State Banner . 34 . 31 May 1979 . 15.