Curley Russell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCurley Russell
American jazz musician
Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1917
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 03-Jul-1986
Profession: jazz musician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Curley Russell
- Dillon "Curley" Russell (19 March 1917 – 3 July 1986) was an American jazz musician who played bass on many bebop recordings. A member of the Tadd Dameron Sextet, in his heyday he was in demand for his ability to play at the rapid tempos typical of bebop, and appears on several key recordings of the period.
- He left the music business in the late 1950s. On May 1, 1951 Russell played in the recording session for Un Poco Loco, composed by American jazz pianist Bud Powell, with Max Roach on drums.
- Literary critic Harold Bloom included this performance on his short list of the greatest works of twentieth-century American art. According to jazz historian Phil Schaap, the classic bebop tune "Donna Lee", a contrafact on "Back Home Again in Indiana", was named after Curley's daughter.
- In 2002, she donated her father's bass to the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.
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| Description | American photographer and journalist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 28 January 1917 | 23 April 2006 | |
| Location of birth/death | Brooklyn | Great Neck | |
| Work period | 1930s , 1940s | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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