Charles Fambrough

Template:Short description Charles Fambrough (August 25, 1950Template:Spaced ndashJanuary 1, 2011<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) was an American jazz bassist, composer and record producer<ref>Karl Stark, "Musician Refashions Career As A Producer He Helps Others Record Their Jazz", Philly.com, August 27, 1995.</ref> from Philadelphia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Having played together in a previous (cover) band Fambrough joined Grover Washington Jr.'s band in 1970. Some five years later he moved over to Airto Moreira's band. After two years there he hooked up with McCoy Tyner to become anchor of Tyner's band, until 1982. In that year Fambrough joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and played there during the early 1980s. When Wynton Marsalis left the Messengers to form his own band, Fambrough followed him.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the liner notes of album The Proper Angle (CD) Fambrough mentions the lessons he learned from McCoy Tyner and Art Blakey. The latter taught him to play behind a horn player and within a rhythm section.

Suffering from kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension, he died in 2011 at the age of 60.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Discography

As leader

Year	Album	Personnel	Label
1991	The Proper Angle	Steve Berrios, Mini Cinelu, Joe Ford, Jerry Gonzalez, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Kirkland, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Jeff Tain Watts	CTI Records<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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

• Mirror Puzzle (1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

• Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real (1977)

External links

• Charles Fambrough Obituary, Last Moments
• Obituary at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Additional biographical material at The Philadelphia Inquirer.