Background
Curson, Theodore was born on June 3, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leroy and Reava (Paige) Curson.
Curson, Theodore was born on June 3, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leroy and Reava (Paige) Curson.
Student, Mastbaum Schoolstudent, Granoff Music Conservatory, Philadelphia, 1952-1953.
Member Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop, 1959-1960. Guest instructor University Vermont Festival Contemporary Music, 1968. Instructor music Warsaw University.
President Nosruc Public Company, since 1961.
Trumpeter: with Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, 1960-1963. Musician: appeared on radio, television, clubs, jazz festivals include Riga, Latvia, Tallinn, Estonia, Vienna, France, NorthSea, The Hague, Nice, Jazz Yatra, India, Antibes, Aix en Provence, Lugano, Bologna, Macerata, Prague, Bled, Warsaw, Molde, Kongberg, Ahus, Laren, Pori, Caracas, Amsterdam, 1964, featured on AllTomorrow's Parties Festival, 2005, United States festivals New Music Across America, Birdland, Newport/New York, Newport Rebels Festival, university concerts include Princeton University, University Wisconsin, Baton Rouge, Columbia University, New York University, Hobart College, We. Washington College, Grinnell College, University California, Santa Monica and Berkeley, University Vermont, toured India, Middle East and N. Africa for State Department, 1980, toured Siberia, 1996.
Guest soloist Norddeutscher Rundfunk television, star Public Broadcasting Service television show Jazz Set, 1972, star, with NOS Dutch television (jazz video) Last Date. Composer: Nosruc Waltz, 1960, Flatted Fifth, 1960, The Leopard, 1964, Straight Ice, 1965, Typical Ted, 1970, Reava's Waltz, Airi's Tune, Searchin for the Blues, Lost Her, 1987. Musician: (recording) Plenty of Horn, 1961, Fire Down Below, 1963, Tears for Dolphy, 1976, 1994, New Thing and Blue Thing, 1965, Urge, 1966, Ode to Booker Ervin, 1970, Pop Wine, 1972, Quicksand, 1975, Jubilant Power, 1976, Blue Piccolo, 1976, Flip Top, 1977, Typical Ted, 1977, The Trio, 1979, I Heard Mingus, 1980, Snake Johnson, 1981, Round Midnight, 1990, Cattin' Curson, 1993, Traveling On, 1997, Sugar'n Spice, 1999, Pori Jazz, 2001, Face to Face, 2002, Ted Curson with Voices, Ted Curson in Paris, 2007, Ted Curson & The Clinic, 2008, (films) Teorema, 1968, Notes for a Film on Jazz, 1968, The Brown Bunny, 2003.
Director: Blue Note Open Jam, 1984-1993, Trumpets Open Jam, 2003-2006.
Member American Federation Musicians. M C.
Married Marjorie N. Goltry, April 1, 1967. Children: Charlene, Theodore World War II.