he was part of Dizzy Gillespie's band that also featured Foster Elliott. Fuller went on to tour with Count Basie and also reunited with Blakey and Golson. Later life Fuller married Catherine Rose Driscoll in 1980. She died of lung cancer in 2010; Fuller recorded his album The Story of Cathy & Me (2011) as a tribute. Fuller was granted an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music in 1999. Eight years later, he was honored as an NEA Jazz Master. He continued to perform and record, and was a faculty member of the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) School of Jazz Studies (SJS). Fuller died on May 8, 2021, at the age of 88. Throughout his life, Fuller was reported to have been born in 1934; he had added two years to his age at 17 in part to gain work. Discography As leader New Trombone (Prestige, 1957) Bone & Bari (Blue Note, 1957) The Opener (Blue Note, 1957) Jazz ...It's Magic! (Regent, 1958) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (Savoy, 1959) Sliding Easy (United Artists, 1959) Blues-ette (Savoy, 1959) Curtis Fuller Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1961) South American Cookin' (Epic, 1961) The Magnificent Trombone of Curtis Fuller (Epic, 1961) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Warwick, 1961) Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy, 1962) Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (New Jazz, 1963) Cabin in the Sky (Impulse!, 1962) Jazz Conference Abroad (Smash, 1961 [1962]) Soul Trombone (Impulse!, 1962) Imagination (Savoy, 1963) Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (Status, 1965) Smokin' (Mainstream, 1972) Crankin' (Mainstream, 1973) Fire and Filigree (Bee Hive, 1979) Two Bones (Blue Note, 1980) Curtis Fuller Meets Roma Jazz Trio (Timeless, 1984) Up Jumped Spring (Delmark, 2004) Keep It Simple (Savant, 2005) I Will Tell Her (Capri, 2010) The Story of Cathy & Me (2011) Down Home (Capri, 2012) In New Orleans (Progressive, 2018) As sideman With Count Basie Basie Big Band (Pablo, 1975) I Told You So (Pablo, 1976) Prime Time (Pablo, 1977) Fun Time (Pablo, 1991) – rec. 1975 With Dave Bailey One Foot in the Gutter (Epic, 1960) Gettin' Into Somethin' (Epic, 1960) Bash! (Jazzline, 1961)/Modern Mainstream (Fontana, 1963) With Art Blakey Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! (Impulse!, 1961) Mosaic (Blue Note, 1961) Three Blind Mice (United Artists, 1962) Caravan (Riverside, 1962) Ugetsu (Riverside, 1963) The African Beat (Blue Note, 1962) Buhaina's Delight (Blue Note, 1963) Golden Boy (Colpix, 1963)