Snake Johnson
1981 studio album by Ted Curson
Snake Johnson | ||||
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Studio album by Ted Curson | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:44 | |||
Label | Chiaroscuro CR-2028 | |||
Producer | John R. Rowland | |||
Ted Curson chronology | ||||
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Snake Johnson is an album by trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1980 and first released on the Chiaroscuro label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Allmusic 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".[3]
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
- Ted Curson - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn
- Charlie Williams - alto saxophone
- Bill Barron - tenor saxophone
- Nick Brignola - baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Jim McNeely - piano
- David Friesen- bass
- Steve McCall - drums
- Lawrence Killian - percussion
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- Plenty of Horn (1961)
- Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (1962)
- Flip Top (1964–66)
- Tears for Dolphy (1964)
- The New Thing & the Blue Thing (1965)
- Urge (1966)
- Ode to Booker Ervin (1970)
- Pop Wine (1971)
- Cattin' Curson (1973)
- Quicksand (1974)
- Blue Piccolo (1976)
- Jubilant Power (1976)
- Blowin' Away (and Dizzy Reece, 1978)
- The Trio (1979)
- I Heard Mingus (1980)
- Snake Johnson (1981)
- Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
- Mingus (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Mingus at Antibes (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
- California Cookin' (Pepper Adams, 1983)
- The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961)
- Modern Windows (Bill Barron, 1961)
- Baritone Madness (Nick Brignola and Pepper Adams, 1977)
- Hoarded Dreams (Graham Collier, 1983)
- Spiral (Andrew Hill, 1974–75)
- Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (New York Contemporary Five, split album, 1964)
- Fire Music (Archie Shepp, 1965)
- Love for Sale (Cecil Taylor, 1959)
- Seant (Andrzej Trzaskowski, 1965–66)