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From the nineteen-fifties through the seventies, the jazz drummer Roy Brooks performed with some of the major musicians of the time, such as Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon, and led some talented groups of his own. But as he was making a name for himself as a leader, in the seventies, his career was interrupted by mental illness; he died in 2005, at the age of sixty-seven. Today, heâs among the great jazz musicians whose enormous artistry stands in unfortunate contrast to their relative obscurity. The release, last week, of âUnderstandingââa two-CD set of a live recording, from 1970, of a quintet led by Brooks, which is also available on vinyl and digital streamâshould suffice to establish him as one of the most original jazz performers of the era.
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From left, trumpet player Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Johnny Griffin, Curtis Fuller and bassist Reggie Workman, on stage at Town Hall in New York on Feb. 22, 1985.
Trombonist and composer Curtis Fuller, a pivotal figure on his instrument since the 50s and a beloved mentor, passed away May 8. He was 88. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Mary Fuller, and by the Jazz Foundation of America. His sound was massive, striking and immediate, a waveform that was calibrated to overload the senses and saturate the magnetic tape that captured it, says trombonist and composer Jacob Garchik. In our era of obsession with harmony and mixed meters, Curtis Fuller s legacy reminds us of the importance of sound.