Curtis Amy
Born in Houston, Texas, on October 11, 1929 (or 1927, according to some
sources), Curtis Amy learned the clarinet before doing his military service,
where he took up the tenor saxophone. After working as an educator in Tennessee
and playing in clubs, he moved to Los Angeles and signed with Pacific Jazz
Records. After sessions with Dizzy Gillespie in 1956, he teamed up with organist
Paul Bryant for the 1961 albums The Blues Message (also called This Is the
Blues) and Meetin' Here. He also signed Groovin' Blue with drummer Frank Butler,
Carmell Jones (trumpet), Bobby Hutcherson (vi...
