Product details
- Label Blue Note
- Artist Curtis Fuller
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2014
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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The Opener by Curtis Fuller.
Recorded on June 16, 1957, "The Opener" by Curtis Fuller arrives with all the confidence its title suggests. This is Fuller stepping forward, trombone in hand, ready to make his statement in a jazz landscape that was moving fast and rewarding those bold enough to lead. The record carries that sense of arrival from its very first notes.
The program opens with "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening," a warm invitation that lets Fuller's tone breathe and settle. From there the pace shifts with "Hugore" and the buoyant "Oscalypso," a title that promises rhythm and movement, closing out the first side with an energy that keeps the listener leaning in.
Flip to side B and the mood continues to unfold. "Here's To My Lady" offers a moment of tenderness, a toast rendered in brass and swing, while "Lizzy's Bounce" lives up to its name with a spring in its step. The set closes with "Soon," a fitting sign off that leaves you reaching to start the whole thing over again.
What makes this pressing stand out is the balance across its six tracks. There is a smart mix here, standards and originals sitting side by side, ballads giving way to brighter, more propulsive numbers. Fuller had a gift for lyrical phrasing on an instrument that too often gets cast in a supporting role, and across these sides the trombone speaks with real melodic character.
This copy comes on the Blue and White label, issued as a Division of United Artists, a mark that places it firmly in a distinctive chapter of jazz record history. It is the kind of detail that collectors notice, a small window into how these sessions found their way onto vinyl and into the world.
For anyone building a collection around the great voices of late 1950s jazz, "The Opener" is a natural addition. It captures Curtis Fuller at a moment of forward motion, playing music that still feels immediate and alive. Slip it onto the turntable and let side A do exactly what its title promises.
Pressing Details:
Recorded on June 16, 1957.
Divisison of United Artists on label (Blue and White)
Track Listing:
A1. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
A2. Hugore
A3. Oscalypso
B1. Here's To My Lady
B2. Lizzy's Bounce
B3. Soon
Artist: Curtis Fuller
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Blue Note
Catalog Number: BLP 1567
Release Year: 2014
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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