Trombonist Curtis Fuller spent several years as a regular member of Art Blakey’s legendary "Jazz Messengers", and he also appeared on a large number of recordings with some of jazz’s greatest icons, including John Coltrane and Woody Shaw. His collaboration with Coltrane resulted in the iconic trombone solo on “Blue Train,” which most hard bop enthusiasts can practically sing along to.

When Curtis Fuller is celebrated this evening at Belma, the focus is on his original music. The bandleader and bass trombonist Tobias Stavngaard has carefully selected the finest material from Fuller’s own sextet releases: “Sliding Easy” (1959), “Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone” (1960), and “Soul Trombone” (1961). Expect sparkling hard bop at its very best, with three horns up front!

Tobias Stavngaard (2000) is an award-winning trombonist, composer, and
arranger based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Born in 2000, he began his musical
journey in lo...

Trombonist Curtis Fuller spent several years as a regular member of Art Blakey’s legendary "Jazz Messengers", and he also appeared on a large number of recordings with some of jazz’s greatest icons, including John Coltrane and Woody Shaw. His collaboration with Coltrane resulted in the iconic trombone solo on “Blue Train,” which most hard bop enthusiasts can practically sing along to.

When Curtis Fuller is celebrated this evening at Belma, the focus is on his original music. The bandleader and bass trombonist Tobias Stavngaard has carefully selected the finest material from Fuller’s own sextet releases: “Sliding Easy” (1959), “Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone” (1960), and “Soul Trombone” (1961). Expect sparkling hard bop at its very best, with three horns up front!

Tobias Stavngaard (2000) is an award-winning trombonist, composer, and
arranger based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Born in 2000, he began his musical
journey in local schools before attending the Danish National Academy of Music
in Odense, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in rhythmic trombone in 2022
and his master’s in composition in 2024.
Tobias is a prominent figure on the Scandinavian jazz scene, leading the Tobias
Stavngaard Sextet and performing across Denmark. The group’s second album,
By the Last Man (2023), was named "Album of the Week" on Danish radio station
P8 Jazz, building on the success of their debut album, Historier om dette og hint
(2022), which has been streamed more than a million times. Tobias has
performed with renowned artists such as Jerry Bergonzi and the Kathrine
Windfeld Big Band, and he has been a member of the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
since 2020.
Tobias has recently won both the ‘Big Band Composition Contest for Young
Baltic and Nordic Composers 2024’ with his piece To Be and the 2nd prize in the
‘Nordic Composer Contest’ for his big band piece Dead as a Dodo....

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