Charlie Rouse
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.jpg) Fats Navarro, Charlie Rouse, Ernie Henry and Tadd Dameron. Photo: William P. Gottlieb. |
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| Genres | Jazz, bebop, hard bop |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Labels | Blue Note, Enja Records, Strata-East Records, Landmark Records |
Charlie Rouse (April 6, 1924 - November 30, 1988) was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist. His career is marked by the collaboration for more than ten years with Thelonious Monk.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Rouse was born in Washington, DC in 1924. At first he worked with the clarinet, before turning to the saxophone.
Rouse began his career with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra in 1944, followed by the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band in 1945, the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1949 to 1950, the Count Basie Octet in 1950, Bull Moose Jackson And His Buffalo Bearcats in 1953, and the Oscar Pettiford Sextet in 1955.[2]
In the 1980s he was a founding member of the group Sphere, which began as a tribute to Monk.[1]
Charlie Rouse died from lung cancer at University Hospital in Seattle at the age of 64.
[edit] Awards & honors
The asteroid 10426 Charlierouse was officially named to honor Charlie Rouse by American astronomer Joe Montani of Spacewatch, who discovered it in 1999.[3][4] Earlier, in 1994, asteroid 11091 Thelonious was also discovered and named by Montani.[3]
[edit] Discography
[edit] As leader
- 1957: The Chase Is On (Bethlehem)
- 1960: Takin' Care Of Business (Prestige)
- 1960: Unsung Hero (Epic)
- 1960: Yeah! (Epic)
- 1962: Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note)
- 1973: Two is One (Strata-East Records)
- 1977: Moment's Notice (Storyville)
- 1977: Cinammon Flower (Rykodisc)
- 1981: Upper Manhattan Jazz Society (Enja Records)
- 1984: Social Call (Uptown)
- 1988: Epistrophy (Landmark)
- 2005: Brazil (Douglas Records)
[edit] As sideman
With Clifford Brown
- Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953)
With Benny Carter
- Further Definitions (1961)
With Sonny Clark
- Leapin' and Lopin' (1961)
With Bennie Green
- Bennie Green Blows His Horn (1955)
- Back on the Scene (1958)
With Thelonious Monk
- Monk in France (1961)
- Criss Cross (1962)
- Monk's Dream (1963)
- Live at the It Club (1964)
- Straight, No Chaser (1966)
- Underground (1968)
With Louis Smith
- Smithville (1958)
With Mal Waldron
- The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard (Soul Note, 1986)
- The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Soul Note, 1986)
[edit] References
- ^ a b allmusic ((( Charlie Rouse > Biography )))
- ^ Kernfeld, Barry (1988). "Charlie Rouse". In Barry Kernfeld. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (first ed.). London: Macmillan Reference.
- ^ a b Montani, Joe. "Spacewatch Minor Planets Joe Has Named". Joe Montani (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona). http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jmontani/nam_cits.htm. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ "10426 Charlierouse (1999 BB27)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10426+Charlierouse. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
