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Ponder, Loci- Helvetica Blanc; 2021

In the summer of 1960, trumpeter Ted Curson created one of jazz's most iconic moments when he performed on his pocket trumpet at the Newport Rebels Festival. This alternative festival was organized by Charles Mingus and Max Roach as a protest against the commercialization and lack of representation at the official Newport festival. Curson became renowned for his use of this compact instrument; his performance alongside Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin in Mingus's group is considered a milestone of the "inside-outside" jazz approach of that era.

photo: Francis Wolff

photo: Patrick Hilaire

John Coltrane performing at the Down Beat Jazz Festival 1965