Charles Clark (musician)
Charles E. Clark (* 11. March 1945 in Chicago , Illinois ; † 15. April 1969 ) was an American jazz - bassist and cellist .
Clark studied classical bass playing and was first bassist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . At Wilbur Ware he then had lessons in playing the jazz bass. In 1963 he began to work as a professional musician in the Chicago jazz scene, initially in the experimental big band of Muhal Richard Abrams . Clark was also a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in 1965 and also worked with the AACM-related groups led by Abrams, Joseph Jarman, and Leroy Jenkins . He also belonged to the Chicago Civic Orchestra , the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . After an orchestra rehearsal, he suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage and died a little later.
Down Beat magazine praised the “strength and youthful exuberance of his game”.
Discographic notes
- Muhal Richard Abrams: Levels and Degrees of Light ( Delmark , 1968)
- Joseph Jarman: As If It Were The Seasons (Delmark, 1968)
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- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Remarks
- ↑ Quoted from Feather / Gitler.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clark, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clark, Charles E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist and cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1969 |
| Place of death | Chicago , Illinois |