Curson, Ted

LC control no.	n 84104201
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Curson, Ted *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Curson, Theodore
Other standard no.	Q978794
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1935-06-03
Death date	2012-11-04
Place of birth	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Place of death	Montclair (N.J.)
Affiliation	Spirit of Life Ensemble Granoff School of Music Ted Curson and Company (Musical Group)
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Trumpet players
Found in	Mingus presents Mingus [SR] p1980: container (Ted Curson, trumpet) New Grove dict. of jazz (Curson, Ted (Theodore); b. July 3, 1935, Philadelphia; trumpeter) Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 (Curson, Ted (Theodore); b. June 3, 1935, Philadelphia, PA; trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn) Wikipedia, Nov. 5, 2012 (Theodore "Ted" Curson; b. June 3, 1935; d. November 4, 2012; a jazz trumpeter. He is perhaps best known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus. Curson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and resided in Montclair, N.J.; he died in New Jersey) African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Curson, Ted; trumpeter, jazz musician; born 03 June 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; began playing trumpet at the age of ten; studied at the Granoff Music Conservatory; Miles Davis encouraged him to move to New York (1956); made his debut with a recording with avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor (1959); was a trumpeter with the Charles Mingus Quartet (1960-1961); relocated to Denmark (1966); appeared at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland (1966); returned to New York (1976); had his own groups- Spirit of Life Ensemble and Ted Curson and Company; in the 1980s lead workshops at colleges; recorded over 15 albums of his own; died on 04 November 2012 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States)