Charles Fambrough

Charles Fambrough ( born August 25, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † January 1, 2011 in Allentown, Pennsylvania ) was an American jazz bassist and composer.

Biography

He learned classical piano originally, but switched to the double bass at age 13. He had lessons with Neil Courtney; its another student Stanley Clarke brought near Fambrough modern jazz. In 1968 he began orchestra ensembles for musicals and television shows to play, briefly worked independently in the Catskill Mountains hotels and in various rhythm-and - blues groups. In 1969 he was a member of the pop band Andy Aaron's Mean Machine, in which also played Grover Washington, Jr.. As this 1970 founded his own band, Fambrough was 3 ½ years in the band. After that, he was with Airto Moreira (1975-1980), McCoy Tyner ( 1978-80 ), Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ( 1980-84 ) and in the Wynton Marsalis Quintet ( Fathers and Sons, 1982). He also played with Allan Botschinsky, Freddie Hubbard, Kevin Mahogany, Shirley Scott, Lenny White, Kenny Barron, James Williams, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, he worked as a cellist in his last album Boogie Woogie String Along for Real.

He also worked with his own band, the Charles Fambrough 's All Star Group, with which he recorded numerous original compositions, Stanley Turrentine, Craig Handy were also recorded by the Jazz Messengers, Roy Hargrove.

Discography (selection)

• The Proper Angle (CTI, 1991) with Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Tain Watts
• The Charmer (CTI, 1992) with Roy Hargrove, Kenny Garrett, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stephen Scott, Billy Drummond
• Keeper of The Spirit ( AudioQuest, 1994) with John Swana, Ralph Bowen, Grover Washington Jr.
• City Tribes ( Evidence, 1995)
• Upright Citizen ( NuGroove, 1997)

Lexical entries

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. ISBN 0-14-051521-6