Curtis Fuller, acclaimed jazz trombonist of hard-bop era, dies at 88

Curtis Fuller, an acclaimed jazz trombonist who was a key contributor to the bluesy hard-bop style of the 1950s and 1960s and who was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, died May 8 at a nursing home in Detroit. He was 88.

The death was confirmed by his daughter, Mary Fuller, who did not cite a specific cause.