Jeff Curry

Jeff Curry was born in Lewisburg, West Virginia on February 6 1978. His musical journey started from age thirteen when he picked up the trumpet and shortly after the electric bass. Jeff was soon playing in bands and writing original music with other local musicians. At age sixteen, Jeff began studying the string bass and dived into the jazz world. He found himself in the bass chair of the swing/jazz band "Ghost Town Swing". After high school Jeff went to The University of North Texas and studied with famed bassists Lynn Seaton and Jeff Braditich. There Jeff had the opportunity to perform with the legendary big bands and small ensembles. While in Texas he was able to play in many situations outside of the school as well. Jeff toured the United States with "Little Jack Melody and his Young Turks" and played regularly with great Dallas musicians like Shelly Carol, Bernard Wright, Wayne Delano, and Brad Williams just to name a few. Jeff moved to Tokyo Japan in 2004. In Tokyo, Jeff has been one of the busiest bassists on the scene. He has been recorded on over fifteen albums and has released two albums of his original music. He founded and leads the band "The Outer Rim". He started "Jeff Curry Music" a business providing "Buy Out" music for producers of various types of media. Jeff is also a regular member with the Hakuei Kim trio, Coppe, Serendipity Big Band, Ko Omura trio, Neil Stalnaker's East/West Unit, and Tokyo Groove Alliance. Jeff has also performed and recorded with artists in the pop world such as "The Jill-Decoy Association" and Koyanagi Yuki. Recently Jeff arranged music and wrote lyrics for the video game Sekaiju no MeiQ 2 Super Arrange Version CD and is writing lyrics for many Japanese artists. Jeff has performed at the Tokyo Jazz Festival, The Denton Texas Arts and Jazz festival, The Fort Worth Main Street festival, Toshima Jazz cruise, and many other venues large and small in The United States, Japan, South America, Mexico, Tahiti, and Malaysia. Jeff Curry's Discography The Outer Rim/The Outer Rim Sekaiju no MeiQ 2 Super Arrange Version No More Heroes/Dark Side Jill-Decoy Association/No name Collection Jill-Decoy Association/JillDeco Koyangi Yuki/Sunrise Jeff Curry/In Pieces Jeff Curry/Sextet Kenjiro Okada/Kenjiro Okada Yasuko Hirata/Cole Porter, Under my Skin Harario/Nomad Arrow/Chinese Lovers Vyrna/La Elegante Cuffy's Jukebox Norihiko Hibino/Akashi Metal Gear Solid 3/Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid 3/Soundtrack Brad Willams/Trio Ghost Town Swing/Reveries Christian Parkess/Time will tell the tale Zeudus/Mountain Foundation