The Trio
Studio album by Ted Curson
Released	1979
Recorded	January 3, 1979
Studio	RPM, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:21
Label	Interplay IP 7722
Producer	Toshiya Taenaka
Ted Curson chronology
Blowin' Away (1978) The Trio (1979) I Heard Mingus (1980)

The Trio is an album by trumpeter Ted Curson, recorded in 1979 and first released on the Interplay label. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Contents

• Critical reception
• Track listing
• Personnel
• References

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

The Globe and Mail noted that it is "a volatile group, taking its tenor from the passionate trumpet and flugelhorn playing of leader Curson; his is a very human sound, its expressiveness heightened by the vocalized quality of the slurs and abrupt turns of his phrasing." ^[6] The Bay State Banner panned the "sloppiness," writing that the album "sounds almost nightmarish in spots." ^[7]

DownBeat reviewer Brent Staples wrote, "The order of the day on The Trio is open space... All of the cuts are solid". ^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Ted Curson except where noted

1. "Snake Johnson" – 7:34
2. "Pent Up House" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:48
3. "Quicksand" – 6:42
4. "Straight Ice" – 9:11
5. "'Round About Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 10:06

Personnel

• Ted Curson – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, percussion
• Ray Drummond – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums

References