Curtis Fuller With Red Garland

I was first exposed to Curtis Fuller through his work with John Coltrane which was superlative. I found this album to be very disappointing. Most of the cuts are ballads or slower paced tunes that seem to drag and then fizzle out altogether. The only slightly saving grace of this mess is Sony Red's alto.

I love this CD. I am a piano player myself, and I study this CD. Every CD I order from you, I think is great. I will continue to order great jazz music from Amazon. Jazz is my life.

This album took me by surprize, but it's an excelent show of what makes Curtis Fuller the master that he is. Listen to his playing on "Seeing Red" and "Rock and Troll" to hear why this album is something to pick up. (You'll need to by the album to hear what I refer to because the audio clips don't get too far into his soloing.) His ideas are simple, fun, and I haven't heard a trombonist who can play as clean as Curtis Fuller while playing so fast!If you're a trombonist this album is a must have!Fuller plays well on the whole album, but the 2 tracks mentioned above make this album somthing to get. Red Garland plays well also. By the way... Seeing Red is almost exacly the same chord changes as Charlie Parker's "Blues for Alice".ENJOY!!