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Ted Curson was an American jazz trumpeter born on June 3, 1935, in Philadelphia, PA, and he passed away on November 4, 2012, in Montclair, NJ. He worked primarily in the post-bop and free jazz idioms. After studying at the Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia, Curson began performing in 1953 and settled in New York in 1956. His first recording featured the track "Love for Sale" in 1959, where he played alongside other musicians, including a regular colleague from 1962 to 1966. In 1960, he collaborated with a bassist whose group included a dedicatee of Curson's compositions that formed the title track of the album "Tears for Dolphy," recorded shortly after the dedicatee's death. Curson spent the mid-1960s in Europe, primarily based in Denmark, and performed with a Polish pianist for about two years. He contributed to the soundtrack of the 1968 motion picture "Teorema," reportedly writing some of the music, although another artist received sole credit. From 1966 onward, he performed annually at the Pori Jazz festival in Finland, developing a strong connection with the country. In 2007, at the request of Finland's president, Tarja Halonen, he performed at the country's Independence Day Ball.

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