Cy Touff

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Cyril James "Cy" Touff (born March 4, 1927 in Chicago , Illinois , † January 24, 2003 in Evanston , Illinois) was an American jazz trumpeter ( bass trumpet ) and trombonist. He became known for playing in the bands of Woody Herman , Boyd Raeburn and Chubby Jackson . He used the bass trumpet as an instrument in jazz.

Life

Cy Touff first played the piano, C-Melody saxophone, xylophone and then trumpet. From 1944 to 1946 he played in two bands of the US Army trombone (with Conte Candoli , Red Mitchell ). He then returned to Chicago, studied from 1946 with Lennie Tristano , worked with Jimmy Dale , Bill Russo , Charlie Ventura , Shorty Sherock , Ray McKinley , Boyd Raeburn and with the New York City Opera Company .

He then switched to the bass trumpet at the end of the 1940s , and worked with Nat Pierce / Dick Collins and Woody Herman from 1953 to 1956 , then worked in Chicago, including with Chubby Jackson (recorded in 1957) and with dance orchestras. He took records under his own name, one in-quintet with West Coast Jazz -Musikern and Nat Pierce on. In addition to hard bop recordings with his quintet (1958), he also recorded with his own Dixieland sextet. He recorded with Fred Wacker in 1965 and in 1981 with the sextet Hydepark after Dark (with Clifford Jordan , Von Freeman ). From the 1960s he worked as a freelancer in Chicago, also as a studio musician.

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SURNAME Touff, Cy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Touff, Cyril James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 2003
Place of death Evanston , Illinois , United States