Robert Hurst (musician)

Robert Hurst (born October 4, 1964) is an American jazz bassist.

Contents

• As leader
• As sideman
• Film and video
• References

Hurst played guitar early in his career before concentrating on bass. He worked with Out of the Blue in 1985 and also did work with musicians such as Tony Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Harry Connick Jr., Geri Allen, Russell Malone, and Steve Coleman. From 1986 to 1991 Hurst played in Wynton Marsalis's ensemble, and played with Branford Marsalis in the early 1990s. He was also a member of The Tonight Show Band. His debut as a leader, 1993's Robert Hurst Presents, reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. He currently teaches jazz bass at the University of Michigan.

As leader

Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst (Columbia, 1992)

One for Namesake (Sony, 1993)

Unrehurst, Vol. 1 (Bebob, 2002)

Unrehurst, Vol. 2 (Bebob, 2010)

Bob Ya Head (Bebob, 2010)

Bob: A Palindrome (Bebob, 2013)

As sideman

With Wynton Marsalis

1986 J Mood

1987 Live at Blues Alley

1987 Standard Time Vol. 1

1988 Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blues Vol.1

1990 Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling

2004 Trios

2007 Standards & Ballads

With Branford Marsalis

1987 Renaissance

1990 Crazy People Music

1990 Music from Mo' Better Blues

1991 Bloomington

1991 The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

1992 I Heard You Twice the First Time

2004 The Steep Anthology

With Ellis Marsalis

1990 Ellis Marsalis Trio

1993 Whistle Stop

With Diana Krall

2004 Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival

2005 Christmas Songs

2006 From This Moment On

2008 Christmas Hits & Duos

2009 Quiet Nights

2010 Doing All Right: In Concert

With Chris Botti

2005 To Love Again: The Duets

2009 Live in Boston

2012 Impressions

With Out of the Blue

1985 Out of the Blue

1986 Inside Track

With Donald Brown

1988 Early Bird

1991 People Music

With Greg Osby

2003 St. Louis Shoes

2004 Public

With others

1986 Bemsha Swing, Woody Shaw

1988 20 Harry Connick Jr.

1988 Cipher Syntax, Strata Institute

1989 Bluestruck, Terumasa Hino

1989 Face to Face, Renee Rosnes

1989 Hard Groovin, Ricky Ford

1989 Scene One, Vincent Herring

1989 The Road Less Traveled, Marvin Smitty Smith

1990 From Day to Day, Mulgrew Miller

1991 Kenny Kirkland, Kenny Kirkland

1991 The Nurturer, Geri Allen

1992 Guitar on Top, Dave Stryker

1992 Russell Malone, Russell Malone

1993 In Focus, Bruce Barth

1994 Live at Bradley's, Kevin Eubanks

1995 Vanessa Rubin Sings, Vanessa Rubin

1995 West Coast Jazz Summit, Eric Reed

1996 King Shaman, Medwyn Goodall

1997 That Day..., Dianne Reeves

1998 In the Long Run, Dave Ellis

1998 Seasons 4 U, Lou Rawls

2000 Treasure Chest, Joe Gilman

2001 Big Wide Grin, Keb' Mo'

2001 Surfacing, John Beasley

2001 The Power of the String, Paul Jackson

2001 Vertigo, René Marie

2002 A Love Affair in Paris, Buddy Montgomery

2002 Blue Black, Jean Toussaint

2002 Jazz Is a Spirit, Terri Lyne Carrington

2002 New Light, Bill Mobley

2002 Pasa Tiempo, Joe Louis Walker

2003 Mapenzi, Ronald Muldrow

2003 Summertime, Mike Clark

2004 The Art of Five, Billy Cobham

2005 It's Time, Michael Bublé

2005 Jumping the Creek, Charles Lloyd

2005 SF Jazz Collective, SFJAZZ Collective

2005 Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook, Bette Midler

2006 Beyond the Wall, Kenny Garrett

2006 Kinesthetics, Scott Kinsey

2007 Collaborations, Jill Scott

2007 Mosaic Select: Tony Williams, Tony Williams

2008 Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace, Yo-Yo Ma

2009 American Classic, Willie Nelson

2009 Love Is the Answer, Barbra Streisand

2010 ...Featuring Norah Jones, Norah Jones

2012 Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney

Film and video

Steven Soderburgh – Ocean's Thirteen, 2007

Steven Soderburgh – The Good German, 2006

George Clooney – Good Night and Good Luck, 2005

Steven Soderburgh – Ocean's Twelve, 2004

Steven Soderburgh – Ocean's Eleven, 2000

MTV Films on VH–1 – Tamara Davis, Single Ladies, 2011

PBS Great Performances – Happy Birthday Ella: A Tribute to the First Lady of Song, 2007

HBO Green House Productions – Mackie Austin Hard Road Home, 2007

Sony Music Entertainment – Chris Botti in Boston, 2009

The Verve Music Group – Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival with Diana Krall, Verve, 2005

ABC – Their Eyes Were Watching God, 2005

Horn of the Moon Productions – Paco Farias Short Film, Broken, 2003

Brown Sugar – 2002

Men of Honor – 2000

Dinner with Friends – HBO Films. RL. Hurst musician, original score by Dave Grusin

The Blue Lobster – Dogma 2000 Presentation

The Wood – Paramount Pictures presents an MTV Films Production

Beverly Hillbillies, Been There Done That, Theme & Soundtrack

Spike Lee Clockers, Mo' Better Blues, Do the Right Thing – Soundtrack

USC–Independent Productions – The Expendables, Featuring: Brother Try 'n Catch a Cab on the East Side Blues & Simi Valley Blues by Robert Hurst

20th Century Fox Film Co., Keenan Wayans – In Living Color Featuring: Detroit Red by Robert Hurst (A dance bumper for the Fly Girls)

Acorn Productions, Bernie Casey – The Dinner

CBS Music Video Enterprises: Wynton Marsalis–Blues & Swing

Columbia Records & Pennebaker Associates, Inc., Branford Marsalis–The Music Tells You: Title track, Roust About Composed by Robert Hurst (Jazz Hall of Fame Inductee)

Sony Music International Branford Marsalis – BB's Blues

Chanticleer Films – Marco Williams – Without a Pass Featuring compositions by Robert Hurst (Cable Ace Award Nominee)