Cy Touff

One of the very few bass trumpet specialists in jazz history, Cy Touff, although closely associated with West Coast Jazz, has actually been a fixture in Chicago for decades. Touff played piano (starting when he was six), Cmelody sax and xylophone before temporarily settling on trumpet. He was in the Army during 1944-46 but was fortunate enough to get a chance to play trombone reguarly with an Army ...more