You've probably heard him on more albums than you realize. Co-founder of the Jazz Passengers. Member of John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, and Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra. Played on the soundtracks for Get Shorty and Kansas City. Sideman for John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Henry Threadgill, Don Byron, Charlie Hunter, Marc Ribot, Elvis Costello ... a major cat.
https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2023...-who-co-led-the-jazz-passengers-is-dead-at-73https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/arts/music/curtis-fowlkes-dead.html(Here's a "gift" version of that NYT obit.)
https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2023...-who-co-led-the-jazz-passengers-is-dead-at-73https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/arts/music/curtis-fowlkes-dead.html(Here's a "gift" version of that NYT obit.)
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