Charles Fambrough

Charles Fambrough (August 25, 1950 – January 1, 2011) was a Jazz bassist, composer and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Fambrough was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers during the early 1980s. He also played Freddie Hubbard, Airto Moreira, and Shirley Scott, among many others .

Discography

As leader

Year	Album	Personnel	Label
1991	The Proper Angle	Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Tain Watts	CTI Records
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
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

As sideman

With Kei Akagi

• Mirror Puzzle (1994)

With Wynton Marsalis

• Fathers and Sons (1982)

With McCoy Tyner

• Focal Point (1976)
• The Greeting (1978)
• Horizon (1979)

With Roland Kirk

• Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real (1977)

External links

• Obituary at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Additional biographical material at the Philadelphia Inquirer.