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Curtis Hasselbring

{{short description|American jazz musician}}

Curtis Rae Hasselbring (born July 12, 1965, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American jazz trombonist, guitarist and composer.

Hasselbring learned trombone and guitar while young, though he did not play guitar professionally until the 1990s. He studied formally at the New England Conservatory, graduating in 1988, then worked with Charlie Kohlhase, the Either/Orchestra and Ken Schaphorst. He took a master's degree at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1991-1993, during which time he began working with Chris Speed, Bobby Previte, Cuong Vu, Satoko Fujii, and others.Gary W. Kennedy, "Curtis Hasselbring". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. He is the leader of the ensembles The New Mellow Edwards{{Cite news |date=September 4, 2014 |title=Jazz to End Summer in Rockaway Beach and Brooklyn |work=New York Times (online) |publisher=New York Times Company}} (with John Hollenbeck, Trevor Dunn and Chris Speed), Decoupage{{Cite news |date=March 22, 2007 |title=Maplerock Jazz Festival entertaining and educational |work=The News Journal |location=Mansfield, OH |pages=D.2}} (with Mary Halvorson, Matt Moran and Satoshi Takeishi), and his newest project, the Curhachestra (with Raphael McGregor, Adam Minkoff and Daniel Rieser). He has released three albums as a leader. Curtis is also active creating electronic music and remixes under the name "Curha".

Discography

=As leader=

  • The New Mellow Edwards (Skirl, 2006)
  • Big Choantza (Skirl, 2009){{Cite news |last=McNally |first=Owen |date=September 23, 2010 |title=NEW ENGLAND AUTUMN FEST MAKES DEBUT |work=Hartford Courant |pages=9.}}
  • Number Stations (Cuneiform, 2013){{Cite news |date=March 1, 2013 |title=New Jazz Vocabularies, a Bit of Elegance and Big Ideas |work=New York Times (online) |location=New York, NY}}

=Under the name "Curha"=

  • [https://curtishasselbring.bandcamp.com/album/i Curha I] (Chant Records, 2018)
  • [https://curtishasselbring.bandcamp.com/album/ii Curha II] (Chant Records, 2020)
  • [https://curtishasselbring.bandcamp.com/album/iii Curha III] (Chant Records, 2022)
  • Slavic Soul Party, Remixed (Barbes 2008)
  • [https://zion80.bandcamp.com/album/warriors-rmx Zion80], Warriors RMX (Chant Records, 2021)

=As sideman=

With Either/Orchestra

  • Radium (Accurate, 1988)
  • The Half-Life of Desire (Accurate, 1990)
  • The Calculus of Pleasure (Accurate, 1992)
  • Across the Omniverse (Accurate, 1996)

With Satoko Fujii

  • South Wind (Leo Lab, 1997)
  • Double Take (EWE, 2000)
  • Jo (Buzz, 2000)
  • The Future of the Past (Enja, 2003)
  • Blueprint (Natsat Music, 2004)
  • Undulation (PJL, 2006)
  • Fujin Raijin (Victo, 2007)
  • Summer Suite (Libra, 2008)
  • Watershed (Libra, 2011)
  • Eto (Libra, 2011)
  • Shiki (Libra, 2014)
  • Fukushima (Libra, 2017)
  • Entity (Libra, 2019)

With Ghost Train Orchestra

With Ken Schaphorst

  • Making Lunch (Accurate, 1989)
  • After Blue (Accurate, 1991)
  • When the Moon Jumps (Accurate, 1994)
  • Purple (Naxos, 1998)
  • How to Say Goodbye (JCA, 2016)

With others

References

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Category:American jazz trombonists

Category:American male trombonists

Category:Musicians from Indiana

Category:American male jazz musicians

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Category:1965 births

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Category:Musicians from Fort Wayne, Indiana

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