What is Curtis Fuller?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Curtis Fuller | image = Curtis Fuller.jpg | caption = | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Curtis DuBois Fuller | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|12|15}} | birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|5|8|1934|12|15}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | instrument = [[Trombone]] | genre = [[Jazz]], [[bebop]], [[hard bop]], [[soul jazz]] | occupation = Musician, [[composer]], [[educator]] | years_active = 1953–2019 | label = [[Blue Note]], [[Prestige Records|Prestige]], [[Savoy]], [[Impulse!]], [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Curtis DuBois Fuller''' (December 15, 1934 &ndash; May 8, 2021) was an American [[jazz]] trombonist. He was known as a member of [[Art Blakey]]'s Jazz Messengers and worked with many classic jazz recordings.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6541|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]</ref> Fuller was a faculty member of the [[New York State Summer School of the Arts]] (NYSSSA) School of Jazz Studies (SJS).<ref>[http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysssa/SJS/faculty.html NYSSSA SJS Artistic Staff] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704152827/http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysssa/SJS/faculty.html |date=2010-07-04 }}</ref> Fuller died on May 8, 2021 in [[New York City]] at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news|title=Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 86|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995507160/curtis-fuller-leading-trombonist-of-jazzs-detroit-wave-dies-at-86|first=Martin|last=Johnson|date=May 10, 2021|access-date=May 10, 2021|publisher=NPR}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/collections/zupan-audio.html?zo