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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Monday, 26 October 2009 |
 Curtis Fuller Curtis Fuller and Brad Goode The
Brad Goode / Curtis Fuller quintet features Brad Goode on trumpet,
Curtis Fuller on trombone, Adrean Farrugia on piano, Dennis Carroll on
bass, and Dana Hall on drums. Curtis Fuller gained noteriety founding
member of The Jazztet with Benny Golson and Art Farmer and a member of
Art Blakey's Jazz Messaengers. He is also well known for playing with
John Coltrane on the immensely popular hard-bop album Blue Trane
album, which can be considered Coltrane's first solo album, as it is
the first he recorded featuring musicians and songs entirely of his
choosing. Curtis Fuller was awarded a Jazz Master Fellowship by the
National Endowment for the Arts in 2007. The Brad Goode / Curtis Fuller
Quintet will perform at the Green Mill in Chicago on Friday, October
30th at 9 p.m. and Saturday, October 31st at 8 p.m. with a $12 cover
each night.
 Brad Goode
Brad Goode led his own combo from 1986 until 1998,
appearing at major festivals and night clubs around the world,
including a twelve year weekly stint at the famous Green Mill jazz club
in Chicago. Mr. Goode has served on the faculties of the American
Conservatory of Music, New Trier H.S., Cuyahoga Community College, the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the
University of Colorado, where he is currently Associate Professor of
Jazz Studies. He makes frequent appearances as a soloist and clinician
at colleges and high schools throughout the country. He has recorded
for the Delmark, Sunlight and SteepleChase labels. Brad also performs
as a jazz bassist.
 Curtis Fuller In 1959, he became a founding member of The Jazztet with Benny
Golson and Art Farmer, then joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in
1961. For the next four years, working in a front line with Wayne
Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, Fuller helped make this edition of the
Messengers one of the defining bands of the hard-bop era. In 1968,
Fuller toured Europe with Dizzy Gillespie's big band. During the 1970s,
he experimented for a time playing hard bop arrangements in a band
featuring electronic instruments, heading a group with guitarist Bill
Washer and bassist Stanley Clarke. He concluded that phase with the
1973 album Crankin'. Fuller toured with the Count
Basie Band from 1975 to 1977; co-led the quintet Giant Bones with Kai
Winding in 1979 and 1980; and played with Art Blakey, Cedar Walton, and
Benny Golson in the late 1970s and early '80s. During the 1980s, Fuller
toured Europe regularly with the Timeless All-Stars and performed and
recorded with a reconvened Jazztet. In more recent years, Fuller
has become known nationally and internationally as a master clinician
in jazz studies programs, having worked with students and young
professionals at institutions including Skidmore, Harvard, Stanford,
the University of Pittsburgh, Duke, the New England Conservatory of
Music, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He holds
an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music. The Green Mill is located at 4802 N. Broadway Ave in Chicago. Call 773-878-5552 or visit www.greenmilljazz.com for more information.
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