title: Bob Cunningham (musician)
text: # Bob Cunningham (musician)
  
  Bob Cunningham (December 28, 1934 – April 1, 2017) was an American jazz bassist. Cunningham was born on December 28, 1934, in Cleveland. In the 1990s he was a member of The 3B's, with Bross Townsend and Bernard Purdie. He died in New York on April 1, 2017, at the age of 82.
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### As leader
  
  * 1985: Walking Bass (Nilva)
  
  With The 3B's
  
  * 1993: After Hours with The 3B's
  * 1994: Soothin' n Groovin' with The 3B's
  
  ### As sideman
  
  With Gary Bartz
  
  * Home! (Milestone, 1970)
  
  With Walt Dickerson
  
  * Impressions of a Patch of Blue (MGM, 1965)
  
  With Frank Foster
  
  * Fearless Frank Foster (Prestige, 1965)
  * Soul Outing! (Prestige, 1966)
  
  With Dizzy Gillespie
  
  * An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961)
  
  With Bill Hardman
  
  * Saying Something (Savoy 1961)
  
  With Freddie Hubbard
  
  * Backlash (Atlantic, 1967)
  
  With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
  
  * The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA, 1968)
  
  With Yusef Lateef
  
  * The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1972)
  * Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)
  * 10 Years Hence (Atlantic, 1974)
  * The Doctor Is In... and Out (Atlantic, 1976)
  
  With Junior Mance
  
  * Harlem Lullaby (Atlantic, 1967)
  * I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968)
  
  With The New York Art Quartet
  
  * Call It Art (Triple Point, 2013)
  
  With Dakota Staton
  
  * Ms. Soul (Groove Merchant, 1974)
  
  With Leon Thomas
  
  * The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
  