- Curtis Counce
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Curtis Counce Born January 23, 1926 Died July 31, 1963 (aged 37), Los Angeles, CA, USA Genres Jazz Instruments Double bass Curtis Counce (January 23, 1926 – July 31, 1963) was an American hard bop and West Coast jazz double bassist. The fruit of his 1956 Contemporary Records studio collaboration (as leader) with tenor saxophonist Harold Land, trumpeters Jack Sheldon and Gerald Wilson, pianist Carl Perkins and drummer Frank Butler was issued in 2007 on a double CD by Gambit Records. Counce died in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack.
Selected discography
- 1956 - You Get More Bounce (OJC) with Jack Sheldon, Gerald Wilson, Harold Land, Carl Perkins, Frank Butler
- 1957 - Landslide (OJC) with Jack Sheldon - trumpet, Harold Land - tenor, Gerald Wiggins - piano, Frank Butler - drums
- 1957 - Carls´ Blues (OJC)
- 1958 - Exploring The Future (Dooto DTL 247) with Rolf Ericson, Harold Land, Elmo Hope, Frank Butler
Literature
- Richard Morton & Brian Cook: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD, London, Penguin, 2nd Edition, 1994 & 6th Edition, 2002
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