found: Mingus presents Mingus [SR] p1980:container (Ted Curson, trumpet)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Curson, Ted (Theodore); b. July 3, 1935, Philadelphia; trumpeter)
found: Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999(Curson, Ted (Theodore); b. June 3, 1935, Philadelphia, PA; trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn)
found: Wikipedia, Nov. 5, 2012(Theodore "Ted" Curson; b. June 3, 1935; d. November 4, 2012; a jazz trumpeter. He is perhaps best known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus. Curson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and resided in Montclair, N.J.; he died in New Jersey)
found: African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Curson, Ted; trumpeter, jazz musician; born 03 June 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; began playing trumpet at the age of ten; studied at the Granoff Music Conservatory; Miles Davis encouraged him to move to New York (1956); made his debut with a recording with avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor (1959); was a trumpeter with the Charles Mingus Quartet (1960-1961); relocated to Denmark (1966); appeared at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland (1966); returned to New York (1976); had his own groups- Spirit of Life Ensemble and Ted Curson and Company; in the 1980s lead workshops at colleges; recorded over 15 albums of his own; died on 04 November 2012 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States)