''Snake Johnson'' is an album by trumpeter

Ted Curson Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter. Life and career Curson was born in Philadelphia. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's fath ...

which was recorded in 1980 and first released on the

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Ted Curson leader entry
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Reception

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awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "Trumpeter Ted Curson plays his own interpretations of advanced hard bop on this somewhat obscure LP".Yanow, S.
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

''All compositions by Ted Curson'' # "Snake Johnson" - 7:25 # "Searching for the Blues" - 5:33 # "Blue Piccolo" - 10:40 # "Dwackdo Mun Fudalik" - 7:01 # "Marjo" - 6:40 # "LSD, Take a Holiday" - 5:25

Personnel

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn * Charlie Williams - alto saxophone * Bill Barron -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

Nick Brignola Nicholas Thomas "Nick" Brignola (July 17, 1936 – February 8, 2002) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. Biography Brignola was born on July 17, 1936 in Troy, New York. He was born into a musical family in which his father played the tu ...

- baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone * Jim McNeely -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

David Friesen David Friesen (born May 6, 1942 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American jazz bassist. He plays double bass and electric upright bass. Career Friesen began playing bass while serving in the United States Army in Germany. He played with John Han ...

- bass * Steve McCall - drums *Lawrence Killian -

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References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Ted Curson albums Chiaroscuro Records albums