OUSLEY, CURTIS

OUSLEY, CURTIS (KING CURTIS). Rhythm n blues winds player (1934 in Fort Worth, Texas; 14 August 1971 in New York). He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Fort Worth, Texas. He began playing alto saxophone when he was twelve years old and tenor saxophone a year later. By the time he was fifteen, he was leading his own group. After graduating from high school he played with Lionel Hampton. In 1952 he went to New York, where he...