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Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz's Detroit Wave, Dies At 88
After cutting his teeth in Detroit, a move to New York near the middle of the century found him directly in the center of a deeply important moment for jazz.
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Corrected May 10, 2021 at 9:00 PM PDT
This story originally cited Fuller's age at the time of his death as 86 – he was 88.
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