Artist: Curley Russell
Curley Russell was an American jazz musician, who played bass on many bebop recordings.
A member of the Tadd Dameron Sextet, 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.
Further information about Curley Russell is found here and here.
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