Curtis Counce

Curtis Counce
Born January 23, 1926(1926-01-23)
Origin Kansas City, Missouri
Died July 31, 1963(1963-07-31) (aged 37), Los Angeles, CA, USA
Genres Jazz, Hard bop
Instruments Double bass
Labels Contemporary

Curtis Counce (January 23, 1926 – July 31, 1963) was an American hard bop and West Coast jazz double bassist.

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Biography

Counce was born in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to California in 1945. He began recording in the 1950's in Los Angeles with Shelly Manne, Lyle Murphy, Teddy Charles, Clifford Brown, and many others.[1] Counce formed his quintet in 1956 featuring tenor saxophonist Harold Land, trumpeters Jack Sheldon and Gerald Wilson, pianist Carl Perkins and drummer Frank Butler. Elmo Hope replaced Perkins after his death at age 29 in 1957.[2] The four albums originally released on Contemporary Records were reissued in 2006 on a double CD by Gambit Spain. Counce died in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack.

Selected Discography

As a leader

As a sideman

References

  1. ^ Curtis Counce at All About Jazz
  2. ^ Complete Recordings: All About Jazz review June 11, 2007
  3. ^ Curtis Counce artist page at Concord Music Group

Literature

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