Richard Curry

When jazzmen whose surnames constitute a full meal are assembled, Richard Curry is sure to be invited. While such a fete will unfortunately forever remain imaginary, fans of traditional jazz in the Windy City did spend many a swinging evening with this drummer, a literal anchor in the rhythm sections of many groups whose repertoire focused on jazz of the '20s, maybe the '30s on a progressive night. Club-goers with their eyes on the Curry simmering behind the drum kit onstage in clarinetist and bandleader Franz Jackson's band were seeing an actual veteran of the minstrel show...