Bob Cunningham (musician)
American jazz bassist

Bob Cunningham (musician)

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American jazz bassist
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28 December 1934(Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.)
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Bob Cunningham (December 28, 1934 – April 1, 2017) was an American jazz bassist. Cunningham was born on December 28, 1934, in Cleveland. In the 1990s he was a member of The 3B's, with Bross Townsend and Bernard Purdie. He died in New York on April 1, 2017, at the age of 82.

Discography

As leader

  • 1985: Walking Bass (Nilva)

With The 3B's

  • 1993: After Hours with The 3B's
  • 1994: Soothin' n Groovin' with The 3B's

As sideman

With Gary Bartz

  • Home! (Milestone, 1970)

With Walt Dickerson

  • Impressions of a Patch of Blue (MGM, 1965)

With Frank Foster

  • Fearless Frank Foster (Prestige, 1965)
  • Soul Outing! (Prestige, 1966)

With Dizzy Gillespie

  • An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961)

With Bill Hardman

  • Saying Something (1961)

With Freddie Hubbard

  • Backlash (Atlantic, 1967)

With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

  • The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA, 1968)

With Yusef Lateef

  • The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1972)
  • Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)
  • 10 Years Hence (Atlantic, 1974)
  • The Doctor Is In... and Out (Atlantic, 1976)

With Junior Mance

  • Harlem Lullaby (Atlantic, 1967)
  • I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968)