Biography Bob Cunningham

Bob Cunningham (December 28, 1934 - April 1, 2017) was an American jazz bassist who played with Gary Bartz, Bill Hardman, Bobby Few, Sun Ra, Joe Lee Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Foster.

Bob Cunningham was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In the mid-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 83.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

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 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)

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