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What does everyone know about Curtis's gear I’ve tried fairly hard to learn as much as i can being a Curtis fan and a bit of a gear head. Far as I can tell he used a king 28 mouthpiece his whole career ,but horn wise a couple horns a 3b in 58' on blue train and bluesette and then a little later an olds Oprah with the jazz messengers and at some point a Yamaha that’s on the cover of fire and filigree. What does everybody know???

Don't know about his gear but if you know why he has always a fluffy sound I'm interested.

It's a Yamaha 653, if I remember correctly.

During the 50's, it was an Olds Opera. If you listen to his solos it sort of translates- lots of legato passages in the staff, or slightly above. Rarely would he play long lines in the high range.

I remember seeing him play in the early 90s...he was playing with a piece of cloth over his bell that had holes in it. I saw a video on YOuTube with Jimmy Cleveland playing with the same thing.

Another beautiful player. And here, another straight horn player and listen to the personality. How can an instrument so simple- sound so different in so many other hands? His tone and his triplet figure (lick) are standouts which every trombone player should go to school on.

PS Dako- today's Curtis and JJ rolled into one- Steve Davis...!

Love Steve Davis but sometimes his signature lick is too much for me, everywhere.

timbone wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:41 pm Another beautiful player. And here, another straight horn player and listen to the personality. How can an instrument so simple- sound so different in so many other hands? His tone and his triplet figure (lick) are standouts which every trombone player should go to school on.

PS Dako- today's Curtis and JJ rolled into one- Steve Davis...!

Steve Davis is the man, I think alot about the evolution of players and their influences with modern guys there's alot to choose from for influences. For me Michael Dease is a very direct progression in the line of Curtis I hear alot of curtis in his playing.

I could see that about Michael Dease. I just recently heard his sax playing......OMG......!

I read Michael Dease decided to put down the sax and play trombone at the end of high school because of Curtis Fuller’s solo on blue train. He got into Juilliard a year later—Definitely a strong connection!