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Curtis Fowlkes (* 19. März 1950 in New York City; † 31. August 2023 [1] ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker ( Posaune, Gesang, Komposition ). Er war Mitbegründer der Jazz Passengers .
Curtis Fowlkes (March 19, 1950 – August 31, 2023) was an American jazz trombonist and singer. He was a founding member of The Jazz Passengers. He had a twin brother James May Fowlkes and his parents were James Ray and Rosa May Fowlkes.
6. Sept. 2023 · Curtis Fowlkes, whose vital and malleable trombone playing was a steadfast feature of New York’s downtown scene — most visibly with The Lounge Lizards, which he joined in the mid-1980s, and The Jazz Passengers, which he co-founded soon thereafter — died on Aug. 31 in a hospice unit at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. He was 73.
12. Sept. 2023 · Curtis Fowlkes, a trombonist and vocalist who was best known as a founder of the Jazz Passengers, a playfully eclectic ensemble that emerged from the New York avant-jazz underground of the...
On August 31, 2023, the Jazz Passengers lost their beloved co-founder, Curtis Fowlkes, lovingly referred to as “Big Large.” A few months earlier in January 2023, the band was hired to perform at a private NYC event.
1. Sept. 2023 · By Martin Schray. When a fundraiser for Curtis Fowlkes was created in August 2023 because the man had been struggling with congestive heart failure and, according to friends, was beginning the process of home palliative/hospice care, one already had to fear the worst.
Recorded shortly before his death, Big Large: In Memory of Curtis Fowlkes is a heartfelt tribute by The Jazz Passengers to their brother, a New York original - and it is imbued with all of the humor, drama, swing, groove, and chaos that have been hallmarks of their work from day one.
