''Snake Johnson'' is an album by trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1980 and first released on the Chiaroscuro label.Ted Curson discography
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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by

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stating "Trumpeter Ted Curson plays his own interpretations of advanced hard bop on this somewhat obscure LP".Yanow, S.
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Track listing

''All compositions by Ted Curson'' # "Snake Johnson" - 7:25 # "Searching for the Blues" - 5:33 # "Blue Piccolo" - 10:40 # "Dwackdo Mun Fudalik" - 7:01 # "Marjo" - 6:40 # "LSD, Take a Holiday" - 5:25

Personnel

* Ted Curson - trumpet,

piccolo trumpet The piccolo trumpet is the smallest member of the trumpet family, pitched one octave higher than the standard B trumpet. Most piccolo trumpets are built to play in either B or A, using a separate leadpipe for each key. The tubing in the B piccol ...

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

* Charlie Williams -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

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