ROY MCCURDY with THE CORY WEEDS QUARTET
Join THE CORY WEEDS QUARTET featuring CHRIS DAVIS trumpet, BRAD TURNER piano, ANDRE LACHANCE bass, CORY WEEDS alto saxophone and DRUM LEGEND ROY MCCURDY as they pay tribute to one of McCurdy's former employers: CANNONBALL ADDERLEY
Before joining Cannonball Adderley's Quintet in 1965 and staying with the band until Adderley's death in 1975, he had played with Chuck and Gap Mangione in the Jazz Brothers (1960–1961), as well as with Bobby Timmons, Betty Carter and Sonny Rollins (1963–1964), appearing on the classic 1963 album Sonny Meets Hawk!.[1]
He has also played and/or recorded with Count Basie, Wes Montgomery, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Joe Williams, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Art Pepper, and the jazz rock group Blood, Sweat and Tears, etc.
He appears on the classic 1983 recording Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company featuring Milt Jackson on vibes, J. J. Johnson on trombone, Ray Brown on bass, Tom Ranier on piano, and John Collins on guitar.
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