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Charles Compo is a contemporary American fine artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
''Seven Flute Solos''
in 1987. From 1986-1990, he worked as assistant to songwriter Ritchie Cordell. In 1991, he appeared in a number of shows in and around New York City under the stage name Chuck Tempo, including Axel Rhodes in the Off Broadway production of Return to the Forbidden Planet. He also played Fast Eddie in the NBC daytime drama Another World (TV series), Another World. In 1992, Twyla Tharp commissioned Compo to compose Touch Dance. During this time, Compo also recorded, wrote, and performed on commercial projects for companies such as Hitachi, New York Lotto, ESPN, and Johnson and Johnson. Compo studied composition and arranging with Don Sebesky and has performed and recorded with jazz artists Curtis Fowlkes, Sahib Shihab, and Roy Campbell Jr., William Hooker (musician), William Hooker, and Ted Daniel. Compo also collaborated with notable hardcore producer Don Fury on the album Doctor Phibe's Portable Darkness. In addition to his consistent work with respected jazz artists, Compo has also supported and performed with pop artists such as Christina Aguilera, Martha Reeves, Bo Diddley, and Julee Cruise.
Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways (Published by Collins/Harper Collins Publishers)
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
# The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, Lenord Feather and Ira Gitler
All About Jazz
# Broadway World # Think of the Self Speaking: Harry Smith, Selected Interviews. Selattle: Elbow/Cityfull Press. # Special Collections and Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University
AMM Spotlight: Charles Compo (Published by Arts Management Magazine)
# Szwed, John (2023). "Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith". Macmillan Publishers. {{DEFAULTSORT:Compo, Charles Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Queens, New York People from Jamaica, Queens American jazz composers American male saxophonists American jazz musicians Guitarists from New York (state) American male guitarists Jazz musicians from New York (state) 21st-century American saxophonists American male jazz composers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American flautists
Family And Early Life
Charles Compo was born in 1958 in Jamaica, Queens to jazz violinist Peter Compo and Broadway actress Faith Daltry Compo. He grew up surrounded by music in Ossining (village), New York, Ossining NY. His father recorded and performed with jazz artists like Zoot Sims, Duke Jordon and Lionel Hampton and his mother was part of the original cast of Plain and Fancy on Broadway. His grandfather, Joseph Daltry, founded the music department at Wesleyan University and his grandmother, Faith Merriman, was a soprano with the San Francisco Opera under the direction of Gaetano Merola. He studied music at his father's school, Compo Conservatory. At the age of 16, Compo began playing in and around New York City with funk bands, club bands, and touring oldies acts including The Ink Spots and The Platters.Music career
In 1976, he moved to New York City, where he met Harry Everett Smith, Harry Smith. Compo composed music for Smith's Film Number 21, as well as for live presentations of Smith’s animations at the Film Makers Collective and Anthology Film Archives. In 1983, Smith introduced Compo to Moses Asch, who signed him to Folkways Records. The Smithsonian/Folkways released Compo's''Seven Flute Solos''
in 1987. From 1986-1990, he worked as assistant to songwriter Ritchie Cordell. In 1991, he appeared in a number of shows in and around New York City under the stage name Chuck Tempo, including Axel Rhodes in the Off Broadway production of Return to the Forbidden Planet. He also played Fast Eddie in the NBC daytime drama Another World (TV series), Another World. In 1992, Twyla Tharp commissioned Compo to compose Touch Dance. During this time, Compo also recorded, wrote, and performed on commercial projects for companies such as Hitachi, New York Lotto, ESPN, and Johnson and Johnson. Compo studied composition and arranging with Don Sebesky and has performed and recorded with jazz artists Curtis Fowlkes, Sahib Shihab, and Roy Campbell Jr., William Hooker (musician), William Hooker, and Ted Daniel. Compo also collaborated with notable hardcore producer Don Fury on the album Doctor Phibe's Portable Darkness. In addition to his consistent work with respected jazz artists, Compo has also supported and performed with pop artists such as Christina Aguilera, Martha Reeves, Bo Diddley, and Julee Cruise.
Discography
* 1983 ''Seven Flute Solos,'' Charles Compo, Smithsonian Folkways FW37463 * 1994 ''Lifeline,'' William Hooker Quartet, Silkheart Records * 1994 ''The Firmament/Fury,'' William Hooker Ensemble, Silkheart Records * 1995 ''Armageddon,'' William Hooker Ensemble, Homestead Records * 1995 ''Radiation,'' William Hooker Ensemble, Homestead Records * 1996 ''Great Sunset,'' William Hooker, Warm-O-Brisk Records * 1996 ''Tibet,'' William Hooker Quartet, Table of Elements * 1998 ''The Distance Between Us,'' William Hooker, Knitting Factory Records * 2000 ''Seventh Moon,'' Charles Compo, Star Records STR9911 * 2003 ''Psycho Jammy,'' Charles Compo, Lakehouse Records 121502LHR * 2005 ''Doctor Phibes,'' Portable Darkness, with Don Fury, Playhouse Ventures * 2007 ''Soothing Music of the Savage Beast,'' The Phibes, Lakeside Records * 2009 ''The Phibes,'' Lakeside Music * 2010 ''Mind Frame,'' Patrick Henry Music * 1997 ''Hennen,'' Bakr and Compo, Piano Magic * 2012 ''Foolish Pleasure,'' Charles Compo, Chaos Music Company * 2013 ''The Dream Logic LP, ''The Dream Logic, Chaos Music Company * 2015 ''My Black Arts, ''The Dream Logic, Chaos Music Company * 2017 ''Liquid Sunshine, ''The Dream Logic, Chaos Music Company * 2019 ''Son of The Drum Song,''Mustafa Ahmed, Chaos Music Company * 2021 ''Big Moon,'' William Hooker, Dusty Groove RecordsFine Art career
Originally a collector of Lower East Side artists in the 1980’s, notable artists in his collection of Rivington School artists include work by Shalom Neuman, Phil Rostek, Fa-Q (Kevin Wendell), and Miss Understood. He began a painting practice of his own as he naturally became immersed in the New York art scene, ''and worked briefly as an assistant to Andy Warhol in 1985 before Warhol's death.'' Compo’s painting style is considered an intuitive process, expression of narratives inspired by everyday life. His artwork has now been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including a painting selected to debut at the 2021 London Biennale. In December 2021 A selection of his work was acquired by The Yuko Nii Foundation’s Permanent Collection. The selected work “Down At The Rally” had also been awarded a special prize by Museum of Modern Art, MOMA curator Paulina Pabocha, at the WAH Center’s juried exhibition “America The Beautiful: The Real and Imagined”. The show was promoted in conjunction with Smithsonian (magazine), Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum day, and ran from September–November 2021.
Permanent Collections
* 2021 ''The Yuko Nii Foundation’s Permanent Collection'', The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY * 2022 ''Museo D’Arte Chianciano Terme'', Chianciano, Italy * 2022 ''The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum'', Wausau, WI * 2023 ''The Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art'', Wausau, WISelect Exhibition History
* 2021 ''Psychodramatic Landscapes'', Solo Show, Pictor Gallery, New York, NY * 2021 ''The London Art Biennale'', Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK * 2021 ''“PAINT”'' Juried Show, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT * 2021 ''“Unprecedented”'' Juried Show, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA * 2021 ''“Made In New York”'' Juried Show, Schweinfurth Center For The Arts, Auburn, NY, Second Prize Winner* * 2021 ''“Bold Expressions”'' Northern California Arts, Inc, Carmichael, CA * 2021 ''“ICON”'' International Juried Show, Boomer Gallery, Tower Bridge, London, UK * 2021 ''“America The Beautiful”'' Juried Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn NY, Special Prize Winner* * 2021 ''“Mystery, Magic, Macabre”'' Juried Show, Deines Cultural Center, Russel, KS * 2021 ''CCAN Juried show'', Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX * 2021 ''7th National Juried Exhibition'', Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA, Second Prize Winner* * 2021 ''The Works Acquired in the Yuko Nii Foundation’s Permanent Collection'', Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn NY * 2022 ''5th Biennale Wings and Water'', River Arts, Inc. Prairie Du Sac, WI * 2022 ''12th Annual Art & Earth Juried Art Exhibit'', Berkeley Arts Council, Martinsburg, WV * 2022 ''64th National Juried Show'', Rocky Mount Imperial Center for the Arts, Rocky Mount, NC * 2022 ''The Unknown Nature of Being'', Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ * 2022 ''Six Summit Gallery'', Windows of Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY * 2022 ''National Juried Show'', Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY * 2022 ''105th Annual Juried Exhibition at Bendheim Gallery'', Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT * 2022 ''A Queens Fine Art Spring AFFAIR'', Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, NY * 2022 ''Jigsaw Snap, Annual Members Show'', Starta Arta, New York, NY * 2022 ''35th Northern National Art Competition'', Nicolet College Lakeside Center, Rhinelander, WI * 2022 ''Adams County Arts Council'', Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA * 2022 ''INNOVATIONS, International Society of Experimental Artists'', Gallery of St. Albert, Alberta, CA * 2022 ''The 22nd Annual Vivian & Stanley Reed Marine Show'', Townhouse Gallery, Stamford, CT, Third Prize Winner* * 2022 ''National Juried Exhibition'', Providence Art Club, Providence, RI, First Prize Edward Mitchell Bannister Award* * 2022 ''Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum'', 2022 Birds in Art exhibition, Wausau, WI * 2022 ''The Chianciano Biennale'', Museo D’arte di Chianciano, Chianciano, Italy * 2022 ''Visions of Hope'' Juried exhibition, Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL * 2023 ''Solo Show'' Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, Tulsa, OK * 2023 ''6th Annual National Juried Exhibition'', The Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI * 2023 ''Winter Escape Juried Exhibition'', Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT * 2023 ''Tarot exhibition'', Memento Mori Gallery, Lakewood, CO * 2023 ''O’Keeffe Juried exhibition'', Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation, Blacksburg, VAReferences
Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways (Published by Collins/Harper Collins Publishers)
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
# The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, Lenord Feather and Ira Gitler
All About Jazz
# Broadway World # Think of the Self Speaking: Harry Smith, Selected Interviews. Selattle: Elbow/Cityfull Press. # Special Collections and Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University
AMM Spotlight: Charles Compo (Published by Arts Management Magazine)
# Szwed, John (2023). "Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith". Macmillan Publishers. {{DEFAULTSORT:Compo, Charles Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Queens, New York People from Jamaica, Queens American jazz composers American male saxophonists American jazz musicians Guitarists from New York (state) American male guitarists Jazz musicians from New York (state) 21st-century American saxophonists American male jazz composers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American flautists