Curtis Fuller Keep It Simple CD

Keep It Simple Music

List Price	$16.98 (You save $3.13)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Trombone, Enhanced CD
Label	Savant Records (Jazz)
Orig Year	2005
All Time Sales Rank	52119
CD Universe Part number	6835036
Catalog number	2062
Discs	1
Release Date	Mar 15, 2005
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Jacey Falk
Engineer	Jeff Franklin
Personnel	Curtis Fuller - trombone Rodney Jordan - double bass Doug Carn - piano Fritz Wise - drums Also: Javon Jackson

Curtis Fuller Keep It Simple Songs

	1.	Spoken Intro
	2.	Court, The
	3.	Maze
	4.	Girl Talk
	5.	la Mode, A
	6.	Lover Man
	7.	Western Sunrise
	8.	Arabia
	9.	I Didn't Know What Time It Was
	10.	Diane
	11.	It's You or No One

Keep It Simple Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars Still Going Strong
Curtis Fuller has been a great jazz trombonist for a long time, and he's still great. Obviously a JJ Johnson follower, he's always been very much his own man. Surrounded by some fine young musicians, he has produced a most enjoyable album. Repeated listenings only find more things to enjoy.
Submitted by farrellfur (Huntington, W.Va.)
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