| LC control no. | n 78012454 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Counce, Curtis |
| See also | Corporate body: Curtis Counce Quintet |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1926-01-23 |
| Death date | 1963-07-31 |
| Place of birth | Kansas City (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Giants (Musical group) Stan Kenton Orchestra Curtis Counce Quintet Contemporary Records (Firm) Nat Towles Orchestra Edgar Hayes Band |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Double bassists |
| Found in | Sessions, live ... [SR] 1976 (a.e.) container (Curtis Counce) Grove music online, Mar. 23, 2010 (Counce, Curtis (Lee); b. Jan. 23, 1926, Kansas City, MO, or Jan. 27, 1926, Oklahoma, d. July 31, 1963, Los Angeles; American double bass player; his place of birth and birthday have appeared in published sources as Kansas City and Jan. 23, but the California death index gives Oklahoma (the city or town unidentified) and Jan. 27) African American National Biography, accessed April 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Counce, Curtis; jazz musician, bassist; born 23 January 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States; studied music, took lessons on bass, tuba, and violin before concentrating on string bass; studied composing and arranging with Spud Murphy; played with Nat Towles's orchestra in Omaha (1941-1944); worked with the Edgar Hayes's band (1945-1948); worked with Shorty Rogers's Giants (1954); toured with Stan Kenton's orchestra (1956); formed his own Curtis Counce Quintet (1956-1958); recorded for Contemporary label (1956-1958); died 31 July 1963 in Los Angeles, California, United States) |
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