Curtis Fuller Volume 3 is an album by American trombonist Curtis Fuller

Curtis Fuller

Curtis DuBois Fuller is an American jazz trombonist, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributor to many classic jazz recordings.-Biography:...

 recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label as BLP 1583.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Lee Bloom awarded the album 3 stars and stated "This third solo recording for Fuller on the Blue Note label is stronger than its predecessors, especially in showcasing the trombonist's writing talents... This recording firmly established Curtis Fuller as a serious, mature voice on his instrument".

Track listing

All compositions by Curtis Fuller except as inicated

1. "Little Messenger" - 6:21
2. "Quantrale" - 6:13
3. "Jeanie" - 6:49
4. "Carvon" - 6:59
5. "Two Quarters of a Mile" - 6:33
6. "It's Too Late Now" (Burton Lane
   Burton Lane
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   , Alan Jay Lerner
   Alan Jay Lerner
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   ) - 6:54
   • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 1, 1957.

Personnel

• Curtis Fuller
  Curtis Fuller
  Curtis DuBois Fuller is an American jazz trombonist, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributor to many classic jazz recordings.-Biography:...
  
   - trombone
  Trombone
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• Art Farmer
  Art Farmer
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   - trumpet
  Trumpet
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• Sonny Clark
  Sonny Clark
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   - piano
  Piano
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• George Tucker
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   - bass
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• Louis Hayes
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   - drums
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