Original Work
BoB: a Palindrome
Review by Matt Collar (Allmusic.com)
Robert "Bob" Hurst's 2013 album Bob: A Palindrome follows up the bassist's 2010 studio album Bob Ya Head. Recorded in 2001, the album's release was delayed by 9/11, as well as Hurst's own busy career as a highly sought-after sideman and professor of music at the University of Michigan. Joining Hurst here are such longtime associates as saxophonist Branford Marsalis, drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, flutist and bass clarinetist Bennie Maupin, pianist Robert Glasper, and percussionist Adam Rudolph. With all the songs composed and arranged by Hurst, including the epic mid-album Duke Ellington-style three-part "Middle Passage Suite," Bob: A Palindrome is a superb showcase for Hurst's improvisational skill, songwriting ability, and talent for assembling an all-star band. This is urbane, highly creative, and straight-ahead modern jazz at its finest.
- 3 for Lawrence - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Picked from Nick - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Big Queen - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Middle Passage Suite: Part I - For Those of Us Who Made It - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Middle Passage Suite: Part II - For Those of Us Who Didn't Make It -BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Middle Passage Suite: Part II - For Those of Us Still Here - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Little Queen - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Indiscreet in da Street - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
- Jamming - aka Ichabad - BoB: a Palindrome, Robert Hurst
Robert Hurst: Bob Ya Head (2011)
Robert Hurst: Bob Ya Head (2011) Allaboutjazz.com
MARK F. TURNER, Published: February 16, 2011
With a spirit of optimism and new direction, veteran bassist Robert Hurst returns with two simultaneous releases on his Bebob recording label, that further expound on his leadership. The first,Unrehurst Vol. 2 , is an all-acoustic date with drummer Chris Dave and firebrand pianist Robert Glasper, recorded live in 2007 at the Smoke in New York City.
- Obama Victory Dance - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Optimism - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- X Static - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Comes You Comes Love (Intro) - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Comes You Comes Love - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Forty Four - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Da, Da, Da, Dah - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Munyungo In Da Jungle (Intro) - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Munyungo In Da Jungle - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Oral Roberto - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Alice and John - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Unintellectual Property - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- When Drums Stop - Bob Ya Head, Robert Hurst
- Bob's 5/4 Tune - Unrehurst, Volume 2, Robert Hurst
- Bob's Blues - Unrehurst, Volume 2, Robert Hurst
- BuWaynea - Unrehurst, Volume 2, Robert Hurst
- Unrehurst - Unrehurst, Volume 2, Robert Hurst
- Dr. Bluess - Unrehurst, Volume 2, Robert Hurst
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- Beddy-Bye Wishes - Family Album, Vol. 1, Robert Hurst
- Childish Things - Family Album, Vol. 1, Robert Hurst
- Child Abuse - Family Album, Vol. 1, Robert Hurst
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Judy's Jig - Family Album, Vol. 1, Robert Hurst
- Brown Sugar - Original Music Score, Fox Searchlight Films, Robert Hurst
- The Blue Lobster - Original Music Score, Dogma 2000, Robert Hurst
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The Wood - Original Music Score, Paramount Pictures and MTV Films Production, Robert Hurst
- Git in There - OTB, OTB (Out of the Blue)
- R H Factor - OTB, OTB (Out of the Blue)
- The Dark Knight - Crazy People Music, Branford Marsalis
- The Dark Knight - The Steep Anthology, Branford Marsalis
- Our Gang - The Nurturer, Geri Allen
- Roused About - Scene One, Vincent Herring
- Roused About - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Branford Marsalis
- Beats Remark - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Branford Marsalis
- Brother Try'n to Catch a Cab on the East Side Blues - 'I Heard You Twice the First Time, Branford Marsalis
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Simi Valley Blues - I Heard You Twice the First Time, Brandford Marsalis
ROBERT HURST PRESENTS ROBERT HURST, DIW / COLUMBIA 1993 release.
Showcases Robert Hurst as a leader, accomplished composer and bassist extraordinaire. The mix of the bass is up front, yet Hurst is always a team player conversing magnificently amongst solos by Kenny Kirkland, Branford Marsalis, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Marcus Belgrave and Ralph Jones. Hurst presents quite an ambitious debut as he has written all of the compositions and arrangements except for Monk's "evidence" for this profoundly introspective and intense disc.
RECOGNITION:
✓ Gold Disk Recognition from Swing Journal, issue 5/93
✓ Four Stars rating in Downbeat, issue 10/93
✓ Double A rating in Bass Player Magazine, May/June 1993 Issue.
✓ "The Walk of the Negress' composition began being published in the 1993/1994 Edition of the Fake Book.
✓ "Bert's Flirt", Joyce Faye", and "Jill of All Trades" have been featured on Jazz Impressions, host Ken Borgers of United Artists Entertainment Network programming.
✓ CD reached number Five on the Billboard and R&R Charts through September 1993
✓ CD was nominated for Best Jazz Album category, Eighth Annual Soul Train Music Awards, 1994.
- Blue Freeze - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Aycrigg - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Joyce Faye - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Detroit Red - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Detroit Red - 20th Century Fox Films, In Living Color TV Series
- The Snake Charmer - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Incessant Lullaby - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Incessant Lullaby ... Bye - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Bert's Flirt - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Devil's Night in Motown - Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
- Walk of the Negress- Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst, Robert Hurst
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Walk of the Negress- New Real Books, Vol. 1-2, Sher Music Publications
ROBERT HURST: ONE FOR NAMESAKE, DIW/Columbia 1994 release.
For his second album as a leader, Robert L. Hurst III within a challenging trio context, distinguishes himself as a composer and jazz bassist making a notable impact through his musical vision. Hurst along with the dynamic Kenny Kirkland and irrespressible veteran drummer Elvin Jones stretch out on this straight-forward, all acoustic release with a pleasing mixture of bop, blues, and ballads dedicated to the memory of Hurst's father, Robert L. Hurst, Jr. In the case of bassist and bandleader Robert Hurst, his selection of the traditional jazz trio as a venue for straight ahead jazz demonstrates Hurst's grasp of history and his respect for tradition. Ten of the eleven tunes are Hurst originals: each is impressive and eminently musical. The title tune is a richly melodic tear-jeaker, a gorgeous, heartfelt thing you'll play over and over again.
GRAMMY NOMINATED FOR JAZZ ALBUM, 1994
- IncogNegro - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- Chillin' At the Sloat - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- Thad's Blue Plaid - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- Jill of all Trades - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- Swing'n on Swole - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- The Onlyest - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- One for Namesake - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- Inuendo In Yo Window - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- C-Ya - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
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Jill's Groove - One for Namesake, Robert Hurst
- Journey of Now - Jazz in the Spirit, Terri Lynne Carrington