Frank Tusa

Frank Tusa (b. April 1, 1947) is an American jazz double-bassist.

Tusa played guitar before switching to bass at age ten. He worked in a Broadway pit orchestra and then played while serving in the Army. Tusa worked with Paul Bley (1970-71), Horacee Arnold (1971), and in the Open Sky trio with Dave Liebman and Rakalam Bob Moses in 1972-74. Early in the 1970s he also played with Dave Holland, Collin Walcott, and Dom Um Romão, the last on electric bass. In the middle of the decade he toured Europe in Dave Liebman's Lookout Farm ensemble with Richard Beirach, Jeff Williams, and Badal Roy. He recorded around this time with Barry Miles, Booker Ervin, Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Konitz, and Harold Mabern.

His first album as a leader was released on Enja Records in 1975. 1977 saw him collaborating with Art Blakey. and working in the Eon trio. He played in San Francisco in the 1980s.

Discography as Leader

*"Father Time" (Enja Records, 1975)

References

*"Frank Tusa". "Grove Jazz" online.