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 No. 13 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.He currently teaches jazz bass at the University of Michigan. 　　Discography 　　As leader 　　Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst (Columbia, 1992) 　　One for Namesake (Sony, 1993) 　　Unrehurst, Vol. 1 (Bebob, 2002) 　　Unrehurst, Vol. 2 (Bebob, 2010) 　　Bob Ya Head (Bebob, 2010) 　　Bob: A Palindrome (Bebob, 2013) 　　As sideman 　　With Wynton Marsalis 　　1986 J Mood 　　1987 Live at Blues Alley 　　1987 Standard Time Vol. 1 　　1988 Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blues Vol.1 　　1990 Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling 　　2004 Trios 　　2007 Standards & Ballads 　　With Branford Marsalis 　　1987 Renaissance 　　1990 Crazy People Music 　　1990 Music from Mo' Better Blues 　　1991 Bloomington 　　1991 The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 　　1992 I Heard You Twice the First Time 　　2004 The Steep Anthology 　　With Ellis Marsalis 　　1990 Ellis Marsalis Trio 　　1993 Whistle Stop 　　With Diana Krall 　　2004 Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 　　2005 Christmas Songs 　　2006 From This Moment On 　　2008 Christmas Hits & Duos 　　2009Quiet Nights 　　2010 Doing All Right: In Concert 　　With Chris Botti 　　2005 To Love Again: The Duets 　　2009 Live in Boston 　　2012 Impressions 　　With Out of the Blue 　　1985 Out of the Blue 　　1986 Inside Track 　　With Donald Brown 　　1988 Early Bird 　　1991 People Music 　　With Greg Osby 　　2003 St. Louis Shoes 　　2004 Public 　　With others 　　1986 Bemsha Swing, Woody Shaw 　　1988 20 Harry Connick Jr. 　　1988 Cipher Syntax, Strata Institute 　　1989 Bluestruck, Terumasa Hino 　　1989 Face to Face, Renee Rosnes 　　1989 Hard Groovin, Ricky Ford 　　1989 Scene One, Vincent Herring 　　1989 The Road Less Traveled, Marvin Smitty Smith 　　1990 From Day to Day, Mulgrew Miller 　　1991 Kenny Kirkland, Kenny Kirkland 　　1991 The Nurturer, Geri Allen 　　1992 Guitar on Top, Dave Stryker 　　1992 Russell Malone, Russell Malone 　　1993 In Focus, Bruce Barth 　　1994 Live at Bradley's, Kevin Eubanks 　　1995 Vanessa Rubin Sings, Vanessa Rubin 　　1995 West Coast Jazz Summit, Eric Reed 　　1996 King Shaman, Medwyn Goodall 　　1997That Day..., Dianne Reeves 　　1998 In the Long Run, Dave Ellis 　　1998 Seasons 4 U, Lou Rawls 　　2000 Treasure Chest, Joe Gilman 　　2001 Big Wide Grin, Keb' Mo' 　　2001 Surfacing, John Beasley 　　2001 The Power of the String, Paul Jackson 　　2001 Vertigo, René Marie 　　2002 A Love Affair in Paris, Buddy Montgomery 　　2002 Blue Black, Jean Toussaint 　　2002 Jazz Is a Spirit, Terri Lyne Carrington 　　2002 New Light, Bill Mobley 　　2002 Pasa Tiempo, Joe Louis Walker 　　2003 Mapenzi, Ronald Muldrow 　　2003 Summertime, Mike Clark 　　2004 The Art of Five, Billy Cobham 　　2005 It's Time, Michael Bublé 　　2005 Jumping the Creek, Charles Lloyd 　　2005 SF Jazz Collective, SFJAZZ Collective 　　2005 Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook, Bette Midler 　　2006 Beyond the Wall, Kenny Garrett 　　2006 Kinesthetics, Scott Kinsey 　　2007 Collaborations, Jill Scott 　　2007 Mosaic Select: Tony Williams, Tony Williams 　　2008 Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace, Yo-Yo Ma 　　2009 American Classic, Willie Nelson 　　2009 Love Is the Answer, Barbra Streisand 　　2010 ...Featuring Norah Jones, Norah Jones 　　2012 Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney