“You don’t play the horn — the horn plays you.” — King Curtis We remember the great King Curtis on his birthday. He made a saxophone feel like a storyteller’s voice. Grounded in jazz but fluent across rhythm & blues, soul, and early rock ’n’ roll, his playing carried warmth, bite, and deep groove. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he studied and performed with schoolmate Ornette Coleman, and moved to New York in 1952, becoming a session musician appearing on records of Nat Adderley, Buddy Holly, and Wy

Record 10-time and reigning Carnival King Curtis Eustace with his presentation, Spirit of D’ Maraye, at the Queen’s Park Savannah. Video by Derek Achong. | CNC3 Television, Trinidad and Tobago