Charles Fambrough
{{Short description|American jazz bassist, composer and producer}}
Charles Fambrough (August 25, 1950{{spaced ndash}}January 1, 2011{{Cite web|url=http://www.jassed.com/component/content/article/1/498-charles-fambrough|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713090723/http://www.jassed.com/component/content/article/1/498-charles-fambrough|url-status=dead|title=Jassed.com|archive-date=July 13, 2011}}) was an American jazz bassist, composer and record producer[https://web.archive.org/web/20120330032558/http://articles.philly.com/1995-08-27/news/25708888_1_charles-fambrough-basses-philadelphia-orchestra Karl Stark, "Musician Refashions Career As A Producer He Helps Others Record Their Jazz"], Philly.com, August 27, 1995. from Philadelphia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-fambrough-mn0000204054/biography|title=Charles Fambrough | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=February 18, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://jazzleadsheets.com/composers/charles-fambrough.html|title=Charles Fambrough | jazzleadsheets.com by Second Floor Music|website=jazzleadsheets.com|access-date=13 February 2021}}
Fambrough was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers during the early 1980s.{{Cite web|url=http://artblakey.com/jazz-messengers-alumni/|title=Jazz Messengers Alumni | Art Blakey|access-date=13 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/late-art-art-blakeys-jazz-messengers-in-the-1980s.php|title=Late Art: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers In The 1980s|first=David|last=Johnson|website=Night Lights Classic Jazz - Indiana Public Media|access-date=13 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-fambrough-mn0000204054|title=Charles Fambrough | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|website=AllMusic|access-date=13 February 2021}}
Suffering from kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension, he died in 2011 at the age of 60.{{Cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/jazz-bassist-charles-fambrough-dies/|title=Jazz Bassist Charles Fambrough Dies|first=Lee|last=Mergner|website=JazzTimes}}
Discography
=As leader=
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| 1991
|The Proper Angle |Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Tain Watts |
| 1992
|The Charmer |Roy Hargrove, Kenny Garrett, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stephen Scott, Billy Drummond |CTI |
| 1993
| Blues at Bradley’s |Donald Harrison, Joe Ford, Steve Turre, Bill O'Connell, Bobby Broom, Ricky Sebastian, Steve Berrios |CTI |
| 1995
| City Tribes |Craig Handy, John Swana, Bill O'Connell, Ricky Sebsastian, Marlon Simon, Cafe, Dave Valentin |Evidence |
| 1994
|Keeper of The Spirit |John Swana, Ralph Bowen, Grover Washington Jr. |AudioQuest Music{{Cite web|url=https://www.valley-entertainment.com/products/charles-fambrough-keeper-of-the-spirit|title=Charles Fambrough - Keeper of the Spirit|website=Valley-entertainment.com|access-date=February 18, 2020}} |
| 1996
|Impressions of Jazz |Eric Mintel |Jazz Lions |
| 1997
|Upright Citizen |Grover Washington, Jr., Gerald Albright, George Duke, Alex Bugnon, Jon Lucien |NuGroove |
| 2002
|Live at Zansibar Blue |Bill O'Connell, Joe Ford, Sean Jones, Wilby Fletcher, Lenny White, Roland Guerrero |Random Chance |
| 2003
|StoneJazz |Mark Kramer, Lenny White, Mulgrew Miller, Steve Johns, Ralph Peterson, George Colligan |LightYear |
=As sideman=
With Kei Akagi
With Art Blakey
- Live at Montreux and Northsea (Timeless, 1980)
- Art Blakey in Sweden (Amigo, 1981)
- Album of the Year (Timeless, 1981)
- Straight Ahead (Concord Jazz, 1981)
- Killer Joe (Union Jazz, 1981) - with George Kawaguchi
- Keystone 3 (Concord Jazz, 1982)
- Oh-By the Way (Timeless, 1982)
With Craig Handy
- Introducing Three for All + One (Arabesque, 1993)
With Wynton Marsalis
- Fathers and Sons (1982)
- Wynton Marsalis (Columbia, 1982)
With Eric Mintel
- Impressions of Jazz (Jazz Lions, 1996)
With Pharoah Sanders
- Crescent with Love (Venus, 1992)
With McCoy Tyner
- Focal Point (1976)
- The Greeting (1978)
- Horizon (1979)
With Roland Kirk
References
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External links
- [https://www.philasun.com/local/obituary-charles-fambrough-jazz-bassist-and-composer/ Charles Fambrough Obituary, Last Moments]
- [http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20110104_Charles_Fambrough__60__jazz_bassist_and_composer.html Obituary] at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330032602/http://articles.philly.com/1992-05-01/entertainment/26014169_1_heath-brothers-chick-corea-s-return-bass Additional biographical material] at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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