Curtis Lundy (born October 1, 1955) is an American

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

player, composer, producer, choir director and arranger. Lundy is best known for his work as part of jazz vocalist

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's band. He is the brother of vocalist Carmen Lundy, with whom he has also recorded.

Discography

As leader

* ''

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'' with Bobby Watson (New Note, 1983) * '' Just Be Yourself'' (New Note, 1987) * '' Against All Odds'' (Justin Time, 1999) * '' Purpose'' (Justin Time, 2002)

As sideman

With Billy Bang * ''

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'' (Justin Time, 2000) * '' Vietnam: The Aftermath'' (Justin Time, 2001) * '' Vietnam: Reflections'' (Justin Time, 2005) With

* '' The Audience with Betty Carter'' (Bet-Car, 1980) * '' Whatever Happened to Love?'' (Bet-Car, 1982) * ''Betty Carter'' (Verve, 1990) * '' I'm Yours, You're Mine'' (Verve, 1996) * ''Betty Carter's Finest Hour'' (Verve, 2003) * ''Live in Montreal'' (Universal, 2004) With

Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...

* '' Call It Whachawana'' (Galaxy, 1983) * ''Live Jazzbuhne Berlin '84'' (Amiga, 1984) * ''Tough Tenors Back Again!'' (Storyville, 1997) With

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* '' I'll Give You Something to Remember Me By'' (Limetree, 1988) * '' Naima's Love Song'' ( DIW, 1988) * '' East Side Blues'' (DIW, 1988) * '' In the Mix'' (Landmark, 1995) * '' Piece for My Peace'' (Landmark, 1996) * '' Sweet Love of Mine'' (HighNote, 2006) * ''Mind Wine: The Music of John Hicks'' (Savant, 2008) With Carmen Lundy * ''Good Morning Kiss'' (BlackHawk, 1985) * ''Night and Day'' (CBS/Sony, 1987) * ''This Is Carmen Lundy'' (Afrasia, 2001) * ''Something to Believe in'' (Justin Time, 2003) * ''Jazz and the New Songbook: Live at the Madrid'' (Afrasia, 2005) * ''Come Home'' (Afrasia, 2007) With

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* '' Bop!'' (Telarc, 1997) * '' City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard'' (HighNote, 2004) * '' Raising the Standard'' (HighNote, 2005) * '' A Night in the Life'' (HighNote, 2007) With Bobby Watson * ''Estimated Time of Arrival'' (Roulette, 1978) * ''Jewel'' (Amigo, 1983) * '' Love Remains'' (Red Record, 1987) * ''No Question About It'' (Blue Note, 1988) * ''The Year of the Rabbit'' (Evidence, 1991) * ''Bobby Watson Quartet'' (e.f.s.a., 1997) * ''Quiet As It's Kept'' (Red Record, 1999) * ''Live & Learn'' (Palmetto, 2001) * ''From the Heart'' (Palmetto, 2007) * ''Check Cashing Day'' (Lafiya Music, 2013) * ''Made in America'' (Smoke Sessions, 2017) * ''Keepin' It Real'' (Smoke Sessions, 2020) With others * 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, ''Underground'' (Antilles, 1991) * Johanne Blouin, ''Everything Must Change'' (Justin Time, 2000) * Jeri Brown, ''Zaius'' (Justin Time, 1998) * Jeri Brown, ''I've Got Your Number'' (Justin Time, 1999) * Cyrus Chestnut, ''Midnight Melodies'' (Smoke Sessions, 2014) * Chico Freeman, ''The Unspoken Word'' (Jazz House, 1994) * Steve Houben, ''Steve Houben & Michel Herr Meet Curtis Lundy & Kenny Washington'' (Jazz Cats, 1983) * Khan Jamal, ''Impressions of Coltrane'' (SteepleChase, 2009) *

Rodney Kendrick Rodney Kendrick (born April 30, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer. He has been described as a "hard swinging player and composer with a delightful Monkish wit and drive". Career At twenty-one, Kendrick began a prima ...

, ''The Colors of Rhythm'' (Impulse!/(Universal, 2014) *

Idris Muhammad Idris Muhammad (; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, Rhythm and blues, R&B, and Soul music, soul music and recorded with musicians s ...

, ''Right Now'' (Cannonball, 1998) * Mark Murphy, '' A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn'' (Gearbox, 2013) * Steve Nelson, ''Live Session One'' (Red Record, 1990) * Steve Nelson, ''Live Session Two'' (Red Record, 1990) *

Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

, ''

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'' (Timeless, 1987) * Mark Shim, ''Mind Over Matter'' (Blue Note, 1998) *

Sonny Simmons Huey "Sonny" Simmons (August 4, 1933 – April 6, 2021) was an American jazz musician. Biography Simmons was born on August 4, 1933, in Sicily Island, Louisiana. He grew up in Oakland, California, where he began playing the English horn. (Along ...

, ''Mixolydis'' (Marge, 2002) * Jeffery Smith, ''Down Here Below'' (Verve, 1999) *

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...

, ''Live in Concert'' (Image, 2001)

References

External links

Curtis Lundy official website
American jazz double-bassists American male double-bassists 1956 births Living people 21st-century American double-bassists 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Justin Time Records artists {{US-jazz-musician-stub