Curley Russell
Bass, Musical Artist
1917 – 1986
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Who was Curley Russell?
Dillon "Curley" Russell was an American jazz double-bassist, who played bass on many bebop recordings.
A member of the Tadd Dameron Sextet, in his heyday he was in demand for his ability to play at the rapid tempos typical of bebop, and appears on several key recordings of the period. He left the music business in the late 1950s.
According to jazz historian Phil Schaap the classic bebop tune "Donna Lee", a contrafact on "Back Home Again In Indiana", was named after Curley's daughter.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1917
New York City - Also known as
- Curly Russell
- Russell, Curley
- Died
- Jul 3, 1986
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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