Fuller, Curtis, 1932-2021

found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Fuller, Curtis (Dubois); b. Dec. 15, 1934, Detroit; trombonist and composer)

found: Wikipedia, May 15, 2021(Curtis Fuller; Curtis Dubois Fuller; born December 15, 1932, Detroit, Michigan; died May 8, 2021; American jazz trombonist)

found: New York times (online), May 15, 2021(obituary published May 14, 2021: Curtis Fuller; Curtis Dubois Fuller; born December 15, 1932, in Detroit (his birth year was reported incorrectly as 1934 throughout his life); died May 8, in Detroit; jazz trombonist and composer; moved to New York in 1957, almost immediately becoming the leading trombonist of the hard-bop movement)

found: Washington post (online), May 15, 2021(obituary published May 11, 2021: Curtis Fuller; Curtis Dubois Fuller; born December 15, 1932, in Detroit (his birth date is often given as 1934; his daughter confirmed from passport records and other documents that he was born two years earlier); died May 8, in Detroit; jazz trombonist who was a key contributor to the bluesy hard-bop style of the 1950s and 1960s)