ESSENTAIL JAZZ CLASSICS CURTIS FULLER: BLUES-ETTE The widely-celebrated BLUES-ETTE album (1959) by trombonist Curtis Fuller in its entirety, plus alternate takes from the same session and three tracks from the 1957 album, JAZZ! ITS MAGIC. All-Star Quintet: CURTIS FULLER trombone, BENNY GOLSON - tenor sax, TOMMY FLANAGAN piano; JIMMY GARRISON bass; AL HAREWOOD - drums. Hackensack, New Jersey, May 21, 1959. (BLUES-ETTE) Here is a good example of how simple material plus taste and thought can produce an album of lasting beauty. An uncluttered method of theme statement, added to the abundant use of minor keys and the remarkable blend of the two horns, gives this LP its charm. (DON DEMICHAEL DOWN BEAT) *BONUS TRACKS: From JAZZ! ITS MAGIC: Curtis Fuller (tb), Sonny Redd (as), Tommy Flanagan (p), George Tucker (b), Louis Hayes (d). Hackensack, New Jersey, September 5, 1957.