Alfred Lion
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| - | + | '''Alfred Lion''' (April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded [[Blue Note Records]] in 1939. Blue Note recorded many of the biggest names in jazz throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. | |
| - | '''Curtis DuBois Fuller''' (December 15, 1934 - May 8, 2021) was an American [[jazz]] [[Trombone|trombonist]]. He was a member of [[Art Blakey]]'s [[Jazz Messengers]] and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. | + | |
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| - | Fuller joined the [[United States Army|US Army]] in 1953 to fight in the [[Korean War]]. He served until 1955, and played in a band with Chambers and brothers [[Cannonball Adderley|Cannonball]] and [[Nat Adderley]]. Upon his return from military service, Fuller joined the quintet of [[Yusef Lateef]], another Detroit musician. The quintet moved to New York in 1957, and Fuller recorded his first sessions as a leader with [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]. | + | |
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| - | [[Alfred Lion]] of [[Blue Note Records]] first heard Fuller playing with [[Miles Davis]] in the late 1950s, and the trombonist led four dates for Blue Note, Lion featured him as a [[sideman]] on record dates led by [[Sonny Clark]] (''[[Dial "S" for Sonny]]'', ''[[Sonny's Crib]]'') and [[John Coltrane]] (''[[Blue Train (album)|Blue Train]]''). Other sideman appearances over the next decade included work on albums under the leadership of [[Bud Powell]], [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]], [[Wayne Shorter]], [[Lee Morgan]] and [[Joe Henderson]] (a former roommate at [[Wayne State University]] in 1956). | + | |
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| - | Fuller was also the first trombonist to be a member of the [[Art Farmer]]-[[Benny Golson]] [[Jazztet]], later becoming the sixth man in [[Art Blakey]]'s Jazz Messengers in 1961, staying with Blakey until 1965. In the early 1960s, Fuller recorded two albums as a leader for [[Impulse! Records]], having also recorded for [[Savoy Records]], [[United Artists Records|United Artists]], and [[Epic Records|Epic]] after his obligations to Blue Note had ended. In the late 1960s, he was part of [[Dizzy Gillespie]]'s band that also featured Foster Elliott. Fuller went on to tour with [[Count Basie]] and also reunited with Blakey and Golson. | + | |
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Alfred Lion (April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded Blue Note Records in 1939. Blue Note recorded many of the biggest names in jazz throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
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