The New Thing & the Blue Thing

The New Thing & the Blue Thing
The New Thing & the Blue Thing
Studio album by Ted Curson
Released	1965
Recorded	March 25 & 29, 1965; NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:35
Label	Atlantic SD 1441
Producer	Arif Mardin
Ted Curson chronology

The New Thing & the Blue Thing is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[2] JazzTimes stated " Curson's soaring lines and brilliant trumpet sound are well-matched by Barron, who was at the top of his form on this date. Neither was really an avantgardist by 1965 standards, but both were interesting modern voices whose best work came when they were pushing the limits".^[4] Jazz Review said "Most of this session is fairly straightahead hard-bop, played with great but unsurprising elan, recalling the Blue Note & Prestige glory days. But the last two tunes, "Reava's Waltz" and "Elephant Walk," Curson & Co. really soar with some fiery solos and some jagged, volatile Mingus-inspired writing and ensemble playing".^[5]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Ted Curson except as indicated

"Straight Ice" - 5:36
"Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 5:40
"Ted's Tempo" - 5:19
"Nu Blu" - 9:12
Reava's Waltz" - 4:18
"Elephant Walk" - 5:30

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Ted Curson discography accessed February 26, 2015
^ ^a ^b Allmusic listing accessed February 26, 2015
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Baker, D., JazzTimes Review, December 1999
^ Prosser, L., Jazz Review Review, February 20, 1999

[Ted_Curson_discography-1] Ted Curson discography accessed February 26, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Allmusic listing accessed February 26, 2015

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Baker, D., JazzTimes Review, December 1999

[5] Prosser, L., Jazz Review Review, February 20, 1999

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Plenty of Horn (1961) Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (1962) Flip Top (1964–66) Tears for Dolphy (1964) The New Thing & the Blue Thing (1965) Urge (1966) Ode to Booker Ervin (1970) Pop Wine (1971) Cattin' Curson (1973) Quicksand (1974) Blue Piccolo (1976) Jubilant Power (1976) Blowin' Away (and Dizzy Reece, 1978) The Trio (1979) I Heard Mingus (1980) Snake Johnson (1981)
With Charles Mingus	Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) Mingus (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus at Antibes (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
With others	California Cookin' (Pepper Adams, 1983) The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961) Modern Windows (Bill Barron, 1961) Baritone Madness (Nick Brignola and Pepper Adams, 1977) Hoarded Dreams (Graham Collier, 1983) Spiral (Andrew Hill, 1974–75) Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (New York Contemporary Five, split album, 1964) Fire Music (Archie Shepp, 1965) Love for Sale (Cecil Taylor, 1959) Seant (Andrzej Trzaskowski, 1965–66)