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Curtis Amy

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A good soul-jazz and hard bop tenor and soprano saxophonist, Curtis Amy enjoyed a busy period in the '60s, then dropped out of sight. He had a strong tone and nice, lightly swinging style, though he wasn't a great soloist. Amy began playing clarinet as a child, then started on tenor in an Army band. He studied music education at Kentucky State College and earned his bachelor's degree in the early '50s. After teaching school a while in Tennessee and working in Midwestern clubs, Amy moved to Los Angeles in the mid-'50s. He recorded with <a href="spotify:artist:5RzjqfPS0Bu4bUMkyNNDpn">Dizzy Gillespie</a> in 1955, then worked in the early '60s with <a href="spotify:artist:3etB2hT98xk0MIbRRWy7D2">Onzy Matthews</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6R9Mv0bgGE4Tqxna1q5Mrj">Roy Ayers</a>, and performed and recorded with <a href="spotify:artist:2gSkBqzo1VXaWnAyjhoYk7">Gerald Wilson</a> in 1965 and 1966. Amy led bands that featured <a href="spotify:artist:3uO6HG2JwyP744sg4PMmg5">Bobby Hutcherson</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:53TjTwCEnkdeTkNUO0qivk">Victor Feldman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4QdSwSV5qjkyvg0NHxTSxu">Jimmy Owens</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3LvX4UVIfEjsQVqrbBToQ3">Kenny Barron</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6R9Mv0bgGE4Tqxna1q5Mrj">Ayers</a> in the '60s, and recorded for Pacific Jazz and Verve. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi

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