Curtis Amy

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Curtis Amy (born October 11, 1929 in Houston , Texas , † June 5, 2002 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist and flautist of hardbop and soul jazz .

Life

Curtis Amy first learned the clarinet, then went to the army, and during this time switched to the tenor saxophone. After his release, he studied at Kentucky State College . He worked as a music teacher in Tennessee while playing in jazz clubs in the American Midwest. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s and recorded a number of albums for Pacific Jazz Records from 1960 to 1963 , including The Blues Message and Meetin 'Here . Carmell Jones and Bobby Hutcherson also starred on Groovin 'Blue . His album Katanga caused a sensation, especially through the participation of trumpeter Dupree Bolton . Amy was hardly known outside of Los Angeles at the time.

Curtis Amy was married to the singer Merry Clayton . In the mid-1960s he worked for Ray Charles , later as a studio musician, and in 1969 he performed a short solo on the Doors song Touch Me , but also took part in 1971 for Carole King (e.g. So Far Away as a flautist on her album Tapestry ), Marvin Gaye , Tammi Terrell , Smokey Robinson or Lou Rawls . His last work was the 1994 album Peace for Love , which featured guest musicians such as Frank Strazzeri and Leon Ndugu Chancler .

Discography

  • The Blues Message aka This Is The Blues (Kimberly 1960) with Paul Bryant
  • Groovin 'Blue (Pacific Jazz 1961) with Frank Butler , Bobby Hutcherson, Carmell Jones
  • Way Down (Pacific Jazz 1962) with Victor Feldman
  • Tippin 'On Through - Recorded ”Live” At The Lighthouse (Pacific Jazz 1962)
  • Katanga! (Pacific Jazz 1963) with Dupree Bolton, Marcus Belgrave , Ray Crawford
  • Sounds Of Hollywood (Palomar 1965)
  • Mustang (Verve 1966)
  • Peace for Love (Fresh Sound Records, 1994)

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SURNAME Amy, Curtis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tenor and soprano saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 2002
Place of death Los Angeles , California