American saxophonist and flautist (1924–1988)
Charlie Rouse
Born (1924-04-06 ) April 6, 1924Washington, D.C. , United StatesDied November 30, 1988(1988-11-30) (aged 64)Seattle , U.S. Genres Jazz , bebop , hard bop Instrument(s) Saxophone, flute Labels Blue Note , Enja , Strata-East , Landmark
Musical artist
Charlie Rouse (April 6, 1924 – November 30, 1988)[ 1] was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist. His career is marked by his collaboration with Thelonious Monk , which lasted for more than ten years.[ 2]
Biography
Rouse was born in Washington, D.C. , United States.[ 1] At first he worked with the clarinet, before turning to the tenor saxophone.[ 1]
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.[ 1] He made his recording debut with Tadd Dameron in 1947,[ 3] and in 1957 made a notable album with Paul Quinichette .[ 4]
He was a member of Thelonious Monk 's quartet from 1959 to 1970.[ 1] In the 1980s he was a founding member of the group Sphere , which began as a tribute to Monk.[ 2]
Charlie Rouse died from lung cancer on November 30, 1988, at University Hospital in Seattle at the age of 64.[ 5]
Honors
The asteroid 10426 Charlierouse was officially named to honor Rouse by American astronomer Joe Montani of Spacewatch , who discovered it in 1999.[ 6] [ 7] Earlier, in 1994, asteroid 11091 Thelonious had also been discovered and named by Montani.[ 6]
Discography
As leader
With Julius Watkins as Les Jazz Modes/The Jazz Modes
With Sphere
With The Stan Tracey Quartet
Playin' In The Yard (Steam, 1987)
As sideman
With Dave Bailey
With Clifford Brown
With Donald Byrd
With Benny Carter
With Sonny Clark
With Art Farmer
With Joe Gordon
With Bennie Green
With Hank Jones
With Duke Jordan
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (quintet) (Charlie Parker records 1962)
Duke's Delight (SteepleChase, 1975)
With Thelonious Monk
At Town Hall (Riverside, 1959)
5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (Riverside, 1960)
Monk in France (Riverside, 1961)
Thelonious Monk in Italy (Riverside, 1961 [1963])
Monk in Copenhagen (1961)
Criss Cross (Columbia, 1962)
Monk's Dream (Columbia, 1963)
At Newport 1963 and 1965 (1963, 1965)
Monterey Jazz Festival '63 (1963)
Big Band and Quartet in Concert (Columbia, 1963)
It's Monk's Time (Columbia, 1964)
Monk (Columbia, 1964)
Live at the It Club (Columbia, 1964)
Live at the Jazz Workshop (Columbia, 1964)
Monk In Paris (1965)
Olympia, 6 Mars 1965 (1965)
Olympia, 7 Mars 1965 (1965)
Paris At Midnight (1965)
Straight, No Chaser (Columbia, 1966)
The Nonet – Live! (1967)
Underground (Columbia, 1968)
Palo Alto (recorded 1968, released on Impulse! Records 2020)
Monk's Blues (Columbia 1969)
With Oscar Pettiford
With Louis Smith
With Art Taylor
With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
With Mal Waldron
References
^ a b c d e Colin Larkin , ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing . pp. 343/4. ISBN 0-85112-580-8 .
^ a b "Charlie Rouse Biography" . AllMusic .
^ Watrous, Peter (August 9, 1988). "Review/Jazz; Tadd Dameron's Gentle Melodies" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 15, 2012 .
^ Kernfeld, Barry (1988). "Charlie Rouse". In Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Reference.
^ Watrous, Peter (2 December 1988). "Charlie Rouse, 64, a Saxophonist Known for Work in Monk Quartet" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 31, 2021 .
^ a b Montani, Joe. "Minor Planets Joe Has Named" . Joe Montani's Home Page . Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , University of Arizona. Retrieved March 14, 2011 .
^ "10426 Charlierouse (1999 BB27)" . JPL Small-Body Database . NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Caltech. Retrieved March 14, 2011 .
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
Les Jazz Modes (with Julius Watkins , 1956)
Mood in Scarlet (with Julius Watkins, 1956)
The Chase Is On (with Paul Quinichette , 1957)
The Most Happy Fella (with Julius Watkins, 1957)
The Jazz Modes (with Julius Watkins, 1957 & 1958)
Just Wailin' (with Herbie Mann , Kenny Burrell , and Mal Waldron , 1958)
Takin' Care of Business (1960)
Yeah! (1960)
Bossa Nova Bacchanal (1962)
Two Is One (1974)
Moment's Notice (1977)
The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society (1981)
Social Call (with Red Rodney , 1984)
Soul Mates (with Sahib Shihab , 1988)
Live albums Related articles
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