King Curtis

Born: Fort Worth, TX, 1934

Member of: The Curtis Orchestra

Influenced by: Louis Jordan, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet

Genre: R & B

Biography: King Curtis was the last of the great R&B tenor sax giants. He came to prominence in the mid-'50s as a session musician in ...

Live in New York
Released: 01/01/85
Everybody's Talkin'
Released: 01/01/72
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