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Curtis Fowlkes (March 19, 1950 – August 31, 2023) was an American jazz trombonist and singer. He was a founding member of The Jazz Passengers. He had a twin brother James May Fowlkes and his parents were James Ray and Rosa May Fowlkes.
12 set 2023 · Curtis Fowlkes, a trombonist and vocalist who was best known as a founder of the Jazz Passengers, a playfully eclectic ensemble that emerged from the New York avant-jazz underground of the 1980s...
6 set 2023 · Curtis Fowlkes, whose vital and malleable trombone playing was a steadfast feature of New York’s downtown scene — most visibly with The Lounge Lizards, which he joined in the mid-1980s, and The Jazz Passengers, which he co-founded soon thereafter — died on Aug. 31 in a hospice unit at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. He was 73.
1 set 2023 · Now the great trombonist, the man with the characteristic cap, has passed away. Curtis Fowlkes was born in Brooklyn in 1951 and was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville neighborhoods. Throughout his life, only few people embodied the New York borough as much as he did.
12 ott 2023 · Curtis Fowlkes, a trombonist and vocalist who was best known as a founder of the Jazz Passengers, a playfully eclectic ensemble that emerged from the New York avant-jazz underground of the 1980s to achieve critical acclaim while collaborating with the likes of Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry and Jeff Buckley, died on Aug. 31 in Brooklyn.
13 mag 2024 · Recorded shortly before his death, Big Large: In Memory of Curtis Fowlkes is a heartfelt tribute by The Jazz Passengers to their brother, a New York original - and it is imbued with all of the humor, drama, swing, groove, and chaos that have been hallmarks of their work from day one.
On August 31, 2023, the Jazz Passengers lost their beloved co-founder, Curtis Fowlkes, lovingly referred to as “Big Large.” A few months earlier in January 2023, the band was hired to perform at a private NYC event.
