Curtis Hasselbring

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Curtis Rae Hasselbring (born July 12, 1965, Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American jazz trombonist.

Hasselbring learned trombone and guitar while young, though he did not play guitar professionally until the 1990s. He studied formally at the New England Conservatory, graduating in 1988, then worked with and Ken Schaphorst. He took a master's degree at Rutgers in 1997, during which time he worked with Chris Speed, Bobby Previte, Cuong Vu, Satoko Fujii, and others.[1] He is the leader of the ensembles The New Mellow Edwards, Decoupage, and Curha-chestra. He has released three albums as a leader.

Discography[]

As leader[]

  • The New Mellow Edwards (Skirl, 2006)
  • Big Choantza (Skirl, 2009)
  • Number Stations (Cuneiform, 2013)

As sideman[]

With Either/Orchestra

  • Radium (Accurate, 1988)
  • The Half-Life of Desire (Accurate, 1990)
  • The Calculus of Pleasure (Accurate, 1992)
  • Across the Omniverse (Accurate, 1996)

With Satoko Fujii

  • South Wind (Leo Lab, 1997)
  • Double Take (EWE, 2000)
  • Jo (Buzz, 2000)
  • The Future of the Past (Enja, 2003)
  • Blueprint (Natsat Music, 2004)
  • Undulation (PJL, 2006)
  • Fujin Raijin (Victo, 2007)
  • Summer Suite (Libra, 2008)
  • Watershed (Libra, 2011)
  • Eto (Libra, 2011)
  • Shiki (Libra, 2014)
  • Fukushima (Libra, 2017)
  • Entity (Libra, 2019)

With Ghost Train Orchestra

  • Hothouse Stomp (Accurate, 2011)
  • Book of Rhapsodies (Accurate, 2013)
  • Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II (Accurate, 2017)

With Ken Schaphorst

  • Making Lunch (Accurate, 1989)
  • After Blue (Accurate, 1991)
  • When the Moon Jumps (Accurate, 1994)
  • Purple (Naxos, 1998)
  • How to Say Goodbye (JCA, 2016)

With others

References[]

  1. ^ Gary W. Kennedy, "Curtis Hasselbring". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.


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