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

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.

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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