Curtis Rae Hasselbring (born July 12, 1965,in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American jazz trombonist. Hasselbring learned trombone and guitar while young, though he did not play guitar professionally until the 1990s. He studied formally at the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on Hu ...

, graduating in 1988, then worked with

Charlie Kohlhase Charlie may refer to: Characters * "Charlie," the head of the Townsend Agency', from the ''Charlie's Angels'' franchise * Charlie, a character on signs for the CharlieCard, a smart card issued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority * ...

and

Ken Schaphorst Ken Schaphorst (born May 24, 1960 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is a composer, performer, and educator. Career Before moving to Boston in 2001, Schaphorst served as Director of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin for ten years. ...

. He took a master's degree at Rutgers in 1997, during which time he worked with Chris Speed, Bobby Previte, Cuong Vu,

Satoko Fujii is a Japanese avant-garde jazz pianist, accordionist and composer. Early life Fujii was born in Tokyo on 9 October 1958.Huey, Stev"Satoko Fujii" AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2016. She started playing the piano at age 4, receiving classical tr ...

, and others.Gary W. Kennedy, "Curtis Hasselbring". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...

. He is the leader of the ensembles The New Mellow Edwards, Decoupage, and Curha-chestra. He has released three albums as a leader.

Discography

As leader

* ''The New Mellow Edwards'' ( Skirl, 2006) * ''Big Choantza'' (Skirl, 2009) * ''Number Stations'' ( Cuneiform, 2013)

As sideman

With

Either/Orchestra The Either/Orchestra (E/O) is a jazz group formed by Russ Gershon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, in 1985. E/O is configured as a "small big band", with three saxes, two trumpets and one or two trombones. E/O's is characterized by a heavier an ...

* ''Radium'' (Accurate, 1988) * '' The Half-Life of Desire'' (Accurate, 1990) * ''The Calculus of Pleasure'' (Accurate, 1992) * ''Across the Omniverse'' (Accurate, 1996) With

* ''South Wind'' (Leo Lab, 1997) * ''Double Take'' (EWE, 2000) * ''Jo'' (Buzz, 2000) * ''The Future of the Past'' (Enja, 2003) * ''Blueprint'' (Natsat Music, 2004) * ''Undulation'' (PJL, 2006) * ''Fujin Raijin'' (Victo, 2007) * ''Summer Suite'' (Libra, 2008) * ''Watershed'' (Libra, 2011) * ''Eto'' (Libra, 2011) * ''Shiki'' (Libra, 2014) * ''Fukushima'' (Libra, 2017) * ''Entity'' (Libra, 2019) With

Ghost Train Orchestra Ghost Train Orchestra is a Brooklyn-based jazz and chamber ensemble led by Boston-based musician Brian Carpenter. The band formed in 2006 when an historic theater in Boston commissioned Carpenter as musical director for its 90th year celebration ...

* ''

Hothouse Stomp ''Hothouse Stomp'' is the debut album by Ghost Train Orchestra featuring new arrangements of previously obscure music from late 1920s Chicago and Harlem, specifically Tiny Parham, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams, and McKinney's Cotton Pickers. It ...

'' (Accurate, 2011) * ''Book of Rhapsodies'' (Accurate, 2013) * ''Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II'' (Accurate, 2017) With

* ''Making Lunch'' (Accurate, 1989) * ''After Blue'' (Accurate, 1991) * ''When the Moon Jumps'' (Accurate, 1994) * ''Purple'' (Naxos, 1998) * ''How to Say Goodbye'' (JCA, 2016) With others * George Adams, ''Where Were You?'' (GM, 1989) * Beat Circus, ''Dreamland'' (Cuneiform 2008) *

Oren Bloedow Oren Bloedow (born July 3, 1965) is an American singer, guitarist and bassist. He founded the band Elysian Fields in 1995 with Jennifer Charles. His father, Jerry Bloedow, was a playwright, poet, and film editor whose theater, the Hardware Poe ...

Jennifer Charles Jennifer Charles (born Jennifer Asher Zipken; November 15, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, writer, and actor. Along with Oren Bloedow, she co-founded the New York band Elysian Fields. Her work is known for its emotional intensity ...

, ''La Mar Enfortuna'' (Tzadik, 2001) * Benny Carter, ''

Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the t ...

'' (MusicMasters 1992) * Gogol Bordello, ''Super Taranta!'' (SideOneDummy, 2007) * Golem, ''Fresh Off Boat'' (JDub, 2006) * Golem, ''Tanz'' (Corason, 2014) * Jerry Granelli, ''Enter, a Dragon'' (Songlines, 1998) * Jerry Granelli, ''Crowd Theory'' (Songlines, 1999) *

Tom Harrell Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...

, ''Time's Mirror'' (RCA Victor, 1999) * Chris Lightcap, ''Superette'' (Royal Potato Family 2018) * Chris Lightcap, ''SuperBigmouth'' (Pyroclastic 2019) * Frank London, ''Brotherhood of Brass'' (Piranha, 2002) * Boban Markovic, ''Boban I Marko'' (Piranha, 2003) * Medeski Martin & Wood, ''Notes from the Underground'' (Accurate, 1992) * Eric Person, ''Thoughts On God'' (Distinction, 2012) * Bobby Previte, ''Too Close to the Pole'' (Enja, 1996) * Roberto Juan Rodriguez, ''Baila! Gitano Baila!'' (Tzadik, 2005) *

George Schuller George Schuller (born December 29, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of composer Gunther Schuller. Biography Schuller was born in New York City and raised in Boston. In 1982 he graduated from the New England Conservatory of Mus ...

, ''Jigsaw'' (482 Music, 2004) * Gunther Schuller, ''Jumpin' in the Future'' (GM, 1988) * Ron Sexsmith, ''Whereabouts'' (Interscope, 1999) * She & Him, ''Classics'' (Columbia, 2014) *

Assif Tsahar Assif Tsahar (born Israel, June 11, 1969) is an Israeli tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist. He has lived in New York City since 1990. He has performed with Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, William Parker, Mat Maneri, Hamid Drake, Peter Kowald, ...

, ''Embracing the Void'' (Hopscotch 2001) * Matt Wilson, ''Humidity'' (Palmetto, 2003)

References

American jazz trombonists Male trombonists Musicians from Indiana American male jazz musicians Ghost Train Orchestra members 1965 births Living people Musicians from Fort Wayne, Indiana {{US-jazz-trombonist-stub