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Charlie Rouse
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Charlie Rouse April 6 1924 - November 30 1988 Was An American Hard Bop Tenor Saxophonist. His Career Is Marked By The Collaboration For More Than Ten Years With Thelonious Monk. 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. He Made His Recording Debut With Tadd Dameron In 1947 And In 1957 Made A Notable Album With Paul Quinichette.
In The 1980s He Was A Founding Member Of The Group Sphere Which Began As A Tribute To Monk.
Charlie Rouse Died From Lung Cancer At University Hospital In Seattle At The Age Of 64. The Asteroid 10426 Charlierouse Was Officially Named To Honor Charlie Rouse By American Astronomer Joe Montani Of Spacewatch Who Discovered It In 1999. Earlier In 1994 Asteroid 11091 Thelonious Was Also Discovered And Named By Montani. Discography As Leader
1957 The Chase Is On Bethlehem 1960 Takin' Care Of Business Jazzland 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 As Sideman
With Clifford Brown
Memorial Album Blue Note 1953 With Benny Carter
Further Definitions 1961 With Sonny Clark
Leapin' And Lopin' 1961 With Art Farmer
The Art Farmer Septet Prestige 1953–54 With Joe Gordon
Introducing Joe Gordon EmArcy 1954 With Bennie Green
Bennie Green Blows His Horn 1955 Back On The Scene 1958 With Thelonious Monk
At Town Hall 1959 San Francisco Holiday ND Monk In France Riverside 1961 Thelonious Monk In Italy Riverside 1961 1963 Monk In Copenhagen 1961 Criss Cross 1962 Monk's Dream 1963 At Newport 1963 And 1965 1963 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival '63 1963 Big Band / Quartet In Concert 1963 It's Monk Time 1964 Monk 1964 Live At The It Club 1964 Live At The Jazz Workshop 1964 Monk In Paris 1965 Olympia 6 Mars 1965 1965 Olympia 7 Mars 1965 1965 Paris At Midnight 1965 Straight No Chaser 1966 The Nonet - Live! 1967 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 Nytimes.Com/1988/12/02/obituaries
Mr. Rouse Came To Prominence In 1944 When He Joined The Billy Eckstine Orchestra Which At The Time Included Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Lucky Thompson And Sarah Vaughan. He Became Known For His Beautiful Tone And The Individuality Of His Playing. He Quickly Became An Important Musician Working And Recording With Many Of The Major Figures Of The Day. He Played In Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band And In 1947 Recorded With The Trumpeter Fats Navarro And The Composer Tadd Dameron. In 1949 Mr. Rouse Replaced Ben Webster In The Duke Ellington Orchestra But He Had To Leave The Band In 1950 When A Passport Problem Kept Him From Embarking On An International Tour. Months Later He Was Working With A Small Band Led By Count Basie. Collaboration With Monk During The 1950's Mr. Rouse Worked And Recorded With A Series Of Different Musicians Including The Bassist Oscar Pettiford The Trombonist Benny Green And The Trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1955 He Started A Group Les Jazz Modes Which Incorporated A French Horn And A Vocalist In The Front Line And Featured Gentle But Firmly Swinging Arrangements. But It Was In 1959 When Mr. Rouse Joined Thelonious Monk's Quartet That He Began To Do His Best Work Embarking On One Of The Most Fruitful Collaborations In The History Of Jazz. By Then Mr. Rouse Had Finished Developing His Improvising Style. His Phrasing Clipped And Emotionally Blunt Was Matched In Its Distinctivness By His Dry But Luxuriant Tone. As A Soloist Each Of His Phrases Settled Into A Larger Design And Seemed To Comment On What Had Gone Before. Mr. Rouse Was Never Shy Of Passion His Solos Were Full Of Dignity Joy And Optimism. Spare But Compassionate Play This All Served Him Well While He Was Working With Mr. Monk Who Had An Overwhelming Personality. Together Between 1959 And 1970 They Developed A Sophisticated Interplay Where Mr. Monk Would Interject Ideas Into Mr. Rouse's Spare Lines. Mr. Rouse's Solos Would Become Duets And The Two Would Carry On Extended Musical Conversations With Mr. Monk's Brittle Prolix Improvisations Contrasting Perfectly With Mr. Rouse's Compassionate Emotionally Sympathetic Playing. But Mr. Rouse - A Retiring Man Who Was Not The Type To Draw Attention To Himself - Worked In The Shadow Of Mr. Monk. It Wasn't Until 1979 When Mr. Rouse Formed The Group Sphere Which Was Dedicated At First To Playing Mr. Monk's Compositions That He Began To Achieve The Sort Of Recognition He Deserved. The Group Which Became One Of Jazz's Most Sophisticated Bands Recorded Several Albums Showcasing His Distinctive Assured Style. In New York He Worked Regularly At The Village Vanguard Either As A Member Of Sphere With An Exceptional Band Jointly Led By The Pianist Mal Waldron Or With His Own Quartet. His Most Recent Appearances In New York City Were At The Village Vanguard In 1986 And At Lincoln Center In August Where He Played With A Trio At A Tribute For Tadd Dameron.
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Charlie Rouse April 6 1924 - November 30 1988 Was An American Hard Bop Tenor Saxophonist. His Career Is Marked By The Collaboration For More Than Ten Years With Thelonious Monk. 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. He Made His Recording Debut With Tadd Dameron In 1947 And In 1957 Made A Notable Album With Paul Quinichette.
In The 1980s He Was A Founding Member Of The Group Sphere Which Began As A Tribute To Monk.
Charlie Rouse Died From Lung Cancer At University Hospital In Seattle At The Age Of 64. The Asteroid 10426 Charlierouse Was Officially Named To Honor Charlie Rouse By American Astronomer Joe Montani Of Spacewatch Who Discovered It In 1999. Earlier In 1994 Asteroid 11091 Thelonious Was Also Discovered And Named By Montani. Discography As Leader
1957 The Chase Is On Bethlehem 1960 Takin' Care Of Business Jazzland 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 As Sideman
With Clifford Brown
Memorial Album Blue Note 1953 With Benny Carter
Further Definitions 1961 With Sonny Clark
Leapin' And Lopin' 1961 With Art Farmer
The Art Farmer Septet Prestige 1953–54 With Joe Gordon
Introducing Joe Gordon EmArcy 1954 With Bennie Green
Bennie Green Blows His Horn 1955 Back On The Scene 1958 With Thelonious Monk
At Town Hall 1959 San Francisco Holiday ND Monk In France Riverside 1961 Thelonious Monk In Italy Riverside 1961 1963 Monk In Copenhagen 1961 Criss Cross 1962 Monk's Dream 1963 At Newport 1963 And 1965 1963 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival '63 1963 Big Band / Quartet In Concert 1963 It's Monk Time 1964 Monk 1964 Live At The It Club 1964 Live At The Jazz Workshop 1964 Monk In Paris 1965 Olympia 6 Mars 1965 1965 Olympia 7 Mars 1965 1965 Paris At Midnight 1965 Straight No Chaser 1966 The Nonet - Live! 1967 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 Nytimes.Com/1988/12/02/obituaries
Mr. Rouse Came To Prominence In 1944 When He Joined The Billy Eckstine Orchestra Which At The Time Included Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Lucky Thompson And Sarah Vaughan. He Became Known For His Beautiful Tone And The Individuality Of His Playing. He Quickly Became An Important Musician Working And Recording With Many Of The Major Figures Of The Day. He Played In Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band And In 1947 Recorded With The Trumpeter Fats Navarro And The Composer Tadd Dameron. In 1949 Mr. Rouse Replaced Ben Webster In The Duke Ellington Orchestra But He Had To Leave The Band In 1950 When A Passport Problem Kept Him From Embarking On An International Tour. Months Later He Was Working With A Small Band Led By Count Basie. Collaboration With Monk During The 1950's Mr. Rouse Worked And Recorded With A Series Of Different Musicians Including The Bassist Oscar Pettiford The Trombonist Benny Green And The Trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1955 He Started A Group Les Jazz Modes Which Incorporated A French Horn And A Vocalist In The Front Line And Featured Gentle But Firmly Swinging Arrangements. But It Was In 1959 When Mr. Rouse Joined Thelonious Monk's Quartet That He Began To Do His Best Work Embarking On One Of The Most Fruitful Collaborations In The History Of Jazz. By Then Mr. Rouse Had Finished Developing His Improvising Style. His Phrasing Clipped And Emotionally Blunt Was Matched In Its Distinctivness By His Dry But Luxuriant Tone. As A Soloist Each Of His Phrases Settled Into A Larger Design And Seemed To Comment On What Had Gone Before. Mr. Rouse Was Never Shy Of Passion His Solos Were Full Of Dignity Joy And Optimism. Spare But Compassionate Play This All Served Him Well While He Was Working With Mr. Monk Who Had An Overwhelming Personality. Together Between 1959 And 1970 They Developed A Sophisticated Interplay Where Mr. Monk Would Interject Ideas Into Mr. Rouse's Spare Lines. Mr. Rouse's Solos Would Become Duets And The Two Would Carry On Extended Musical Conversations With Mr. Monk's Brittle Prolix Improvisations Contrasting Perfectly With Mr. Rouse's Compassionate Emotionally Sympathetic Playing. But Mr. Rouse - A Retiring Man Who Was Not The Type To Draw Attention To Himself - Worked In The Shadow Of Mr. Monk. It Wasn't Until 1979 When Mr. Rouse Formed The Group Sphere Which Was Dedicated At First To Playing Mr. Monk's Compositions That He Began To Achieve The Sort Of Recognition He Deserved. The Group Which Became One Of Jazz's Most Sophisticated Bands Recorded Several Albums Showcasing His Distinctive Assured Style. In New York He Worked Regularly At The Village Vanguard Either As A Member Of Sphere With An Exceptional Band Jointly Led By The Pianist Mal Waldron Or With His Own Quartet. His Most Recent Appearances In New York City Were At The Village Vanguard In 1986 And At Lincoln Center In August Where He Played With A Trio At A Tribute For Tadd Dameron. read less
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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. He Made His Recording Debut With Tadd Dameron In 1947 And In 1957 Made A Notable Album With Paul Quinichette.
In The 1980s He Was A Founding Member Of The Group Sphere Which Began As A Tribute To Monk.
Charlie Rouse Died From Lung Cancer At University Hospital In Seattle At The Age Of 64. The Asteroid 10426 Charlierouse Was Officially Named To Honor Charlie Rouse By American Astronomer Joe Montani Of Spacewatch Who Discovered It In 1999. Earlier In 1994 Asteroid 11091 Thelonious Was Also Discovered And Named By Montani. Discography As Leader
1957 The Chase Is On Bethlehem 1960 Takin' Care Of Business Jazzland 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 As Sideman
With Clifford Brown
Memorial Album Blue Note 1953 With Benny Carter
Further Definitions 1961 With Sonny Clark
Leapin' And Lopin' 1961 With Art Farmer
The Art Farmer Septet Prestige 1953–54 With Joe Gordon
Introducing Joe Gordon EmArcy 1954 With Bennie Green
Bennie Green Blows His Horn 1955 Back On The Scene 1958 With Thelonious Monk
At Town Hall 1959 San Francisco Holiday ND Monk In France Riverside 1961 Thelonious Monk In Italy Riverside 1961 1963 Monk In Copenhagen 1961 Criss Cross 1962 Monk's Dream 1963 At Newport 1963 And 1965 1963 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival '63 1963 Big Band / Quartet In Concert 1963 It's Monk Time 1964 Monk 1964 Live At The It Club 1964 Live At The Jazz Workshop 1964 Monk In Paris 1965 Olympia 6 Mars 1965 1965 Olympia 7 Mars 1965 1965 Paris At Midnight 1965 Straight No Chaser 1966 The Nonet - Live! 1967 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 Nytimes.Com/1988/12/02/obituaries
Mr. Rouse Came To Prominence In 1944 When He Joined The Billy Eckstine Orchestra Which At The Time Included Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Lucky Thompson And Sarah Vaughan. He Became Known For His Beautiful Tone And The Individuality Of His Playing. He Quickly Became An Important Musician Working And Recording With Many Of The Major Figures Of The Day. He Played In Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band And In 1947 Recorded With The Trumpeter Fats Navarro And The Composer Tadd Dameron. In 1949 Mr. Rouse Replaced Ben Webster In The Duke Ellington Orchestra But He Had To Leave The Band In 1950 When A Passport Problem Kept Him From Embarking On An International Tour. Months Later He Was Working With A Small Band Led By Count Basie. Collaboration With Monk During The 1950's Mr. Rouse Worked And Recorded With A Series Of Different Musicians Including The Bassist Oscar Pettiford The Trombonist Benny Green And The Trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1955 He Started A Group Les Jazz Modes Which Incorporated A French Horn And A Vocalist In The Front Line And Featured Gentle But Firmly Swinging Arrangements. But It Was In 1959 When Mr. Rouse Joined Thelonious Monk's Quartet That He Began To Do His Best Work Embarking On One Of The Most Fruitful Collaborations In The History Of Jazz. By Then Mr. Rouse Had Finished Developing His Improvising Style. His Phrasing Clipped And Emotionally Blunt Was Matched In Its Distinctivness By His Dry But Luxuriant Tone. As A Soloist Each Of His Phrases Settled Into A Larger Design And Seemed To Comment On What Had Gone Before. Mr. Rouse Was Never Shy Of Passion His Solos Were Full Of Dignity Joy And Optimism. Spare But Compassionate Play This All Served Him Well While He Was Working With Mr. Monk Who Had An Overwhelming Personality. Together Between 1959 And 1970 They Developed A Sophisticated Interplay Where Mr. Monk Would Interject Ideas Into Mr. Rouse's Spare Lines. Mr. Rouse's Solos Would Become Duets And The Two Would Carry On Extended Musical Conversations With Mr. Monk's Brittle Prolix Improvisations Contrasting Perfectly With Mr. Rouse's Compassionate Emotionally Sympathetic Playing. But Mr. Rouse - A Retiring Man Who Was Not The Type To Draw Attention To Himself - Worked In The Shadow Of Mr. Monk. It Wasn't Until 1979 When Mr. Rouse Formed The Group Sphere Which Was Dedicated At First To Playing Mr. Monk's Compositions That He Began To Achieve The Sort Of Recognition He Deserved. The Group Which Became One Of Jazz's Most Sophisticated Bands Recorded Several Albums Showcasing His Distinctive Assured Style. In New York He Worked Regularly At The Village Vanguard Either As A Member Of Sphere With An Exceptional Band Jointly Led By The Pianist Mal Waldron Or With His Own Quartet. His Most Recent Appearances In New York City Were At The Village Vanguard In 1986 And At Lincoln Center In August Where He Played With A Trio At A Tribute For Tadd Dameron. read less
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