Bassists · 1950–2011

Charles Fambrough

American jazz bassist, composer and producer (1950–2011)

Born: 25 August 1950
Philadelphia
Died: 1 January 2011
Allentown
Country: United States
Discography: 4 albums

Biography

Charles Fambrough was a jazz musician who played double bass, bass instrument and cello. Charles Fambrough was born on 25 August 1950 in Philadelphia and died on 1 January 2011 in Allentown. The music is usually filed under jazz and big band music. The discography here lists 4 albums, from “The Proper Angle” (1991) to “Blues at Bradley's” (2006).

Charles Fambrough (August 25, 1950 – January 1, 2011) was an American jazz bassist, composer, and record producer from Philadelphia. Having played together in a previous cover band, Fambrough joined Grover Washington Jr.'s band in 1970. Five years later, he transferred to Airto Moreira's band. After two years with Moreira, he joined up with McCoy Tyner to become anchor of Tyner's band, until 1982, when he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers whom with he performed during the early 1980s. When trumpeter Wynton Marsalis left the Jazz Messengers to form his own band, Fambrough followed him. In the liner notes of his 1991 album The Proper Angle, 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 on January 1, 2011, at the age of 60.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Proper Angle 1991

Upright Citizen 1997

Live @ Zanzibar Blue 2002 · Live

Blues at Bradley's 2006

Also plays on

Albums where Charles Fambrough is credited as a sideman

1978	Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real — Rahsaan Roland Kirk	cello
1978	The Greeting — McCoy Tyner	bass, double bass
1980	Horizon — McCoy Tyner	bass
1981	Live at Bubba’s Jazz Restaurant — Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis	double bass
1983	First Recordings — Wynton Marsalis	double bass
1990	Diamond in the Rough — Roy Hargrove	double bass
2001	Blakey's Theme — Wynton Marsalis & Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	double bass
2001	Round 'Bout Midnight — Wynton Marsalis	bass
2001	Moanin' — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis	bass, double bass
2004	Megawatts — Jeffrey Watts	double bass, bass
2005	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis	double bass