Robert Hurst is an American jazz

Jazz

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 bassist.

Hurst played guitar early in his career before concentrating on bass. He worked with Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue (band)

Out of the Blue was an American jazz ensemble founded by Blue Note Records in the 1980s as a showcase for the label's younger musicians. They formed in 1984, releasing four albums and touring extensively over the next five years. Their most commercially successful album was 1986's Live at Mt....

 in 1985 and also did work with musicians such as Tony Williams, Mulgrew Miller

Mulgrew Miller

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, Harry Connick Jr., Geri Allen

Geri Allen

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, Russell Malone

Russell Malone

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, and Steve Coleman

Steve Coleman

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. From 1986 to 1991 Hurst played in Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

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's ensemble, and played with Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

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 in the early 1990s. He was also a member of The Tonight Show Band

The Tonight Show Band

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. His debut as a leader, 1993's Robert Hurst Presents, reached #13 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. He currently teaches jazz bass at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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.

Discography

• Robert Hurst Presents (DIW Records
  DIW Records
  DIW Records is a Japanese record label. It is a subsidiary label of Disc Union and specializes in jazz and avant garde music. Kazunori Sugiyama was an executive producer for the label before starting Tzadik Records with John Zorn.-Discography:...
  
  , 1992)
• One for Namesake (DIW, 1993)
• Unrehurst, Vol. 1 (Bebob Records, 2002)
• Bob Ya Head (Bebob Records, 2010)