King Curtis News

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 New York, recording, at one time or another, for most East Coast R&B labels.

This saxophonist earned a doctorate in musicology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1982.

This saxophonist earned a doctorate in musicology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1982.

Frahm "A" to Rez A. to Samuel B. Project A - Joel Frahm & Bruce Katz - - Frahm joins forces with blues & jazz keyboard artist Katz for 9 tunes recorded by, influnced by and inspired by Aretha Franklin Frahm could easily have subtitled it ' t o KC ' because there are moments galore through the program where the spirit of Curtis Ousley a.k.a. King ...

The names "Satan" and "Adam" together conjure certain Biblical imagery, but when Satan and Adam perform at The V Club in Huntington this month, it will be a night of blues.

SOUNDS LIKE: A return to the funky soul jazz and hard bop styles of King Curtis and Richard a oeGroovea Holmes.