Curley Russell

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Curley Russell (19 March 1917 – 3 July 1986) was an American jazz double-bassist, who played bass on many bebop recordings. In his heyday he was in demand for his ability to play at the rapid tempos typical of bebop, and amongst others he recorded with Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Tadd Dameron, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Horace Silver. He left the music business in the late 1950s. According to jazz historian Phil Schaap the classic bebop tune "Donna Lee", a variation on "Back Home Again In Indiana" was named eponymously for Curley's daughter.