associated_acts years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
sir , diana krall , terrance blanchard , chris botti , paul ravi coltrane , dave brubeck , marcus belgrave mccartney , wynton marsalis , brandford marsalis 1980 -- present detroit , michigan , united states robert l. hurst , iii non_vocal_instrumentalist 4 october 1964 bass jazz , post-bop , jazz poetry , classical thumb robert hurst -lrb- musician -rrb-
 robert hurst musician lincoln center orchestra and opera , educator , composer , artistic director of jazz at
robert hurst -lrb- musician -rrb-

robert hurst -lrb- born october 4 , 1964 -rrb- is an american jazz bassist .
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 # 13 on the billboard top jazz albums chart .
he currently teaches jazz bass at the university of michigan .
