Charles Fambrough (August 25, 1950January 1, 2011) was an American

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and

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from

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. Fambrough was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers during the early 1980s. Suffering from kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and

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, he died in 2011 at the age of 60.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Kei Akagi * ''Mirror Puzzle'' (1994) With

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

* '' 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 Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

* '' Crescent with Love'' (Venus, 1992) With

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA J ...

* '' Focal Point'' (1976) * '' The Greeting'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1979) With Roland Kirk * '' Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real'' (1977)

References

External links

Charles Fambrough Obituary, Last Moments

at ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''.
Additional biographical material
at ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fambrough, Charles 1950 births 2011 deaths American jazz double-bassists American male double-bassists Hard bop double-bassists The Jazz Messengers members Jazz musicians from Philadelphia Post-bop double-bassists American male jazz musicians CTI Records artists