Charles Earland

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Charles Earland (born May 24, 1941 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † December 11, 1999 in Kansas City , Missouri ) was an American organist and saxophonist who played primarily soul jazz .

Charles Earland learned to play the saxophone while in high school, playing the baritone saxophone in a band with Pat Martino and Lew Tabackin . At the age of 17 he worked as a tenor saxophonist with Jimmy McGriff ; In 1960 he had his first own formation. In 1963 he began playing the organ after having worked again with Pat Martino and in 1968/69 he became a member of Lou Donaldson's band . His most successful and (after Cook and Morton) most important album "Black Talk!" Was created in 1969 with the participation of Houston Person , Vigil Jones , Melvin Sparks and Idris Muhammad . With his later albums, which he u. a. published on the labels Milestone and High Note Records , he could not follow up on this success.

From 1970 on he led a band in which Grover Washington played. In 1978 he had a hit in the disco / club scene with "Let the Music Play". Earland toured regularly from 1988 until his death, and in 1994 he performed at the Berlin Jazz Days .

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As a band leader

With Lou Donaldson

  • Say It Loud! ( Blue Note Records , 1968), with Blue Mitchell et al. a.
  • Hot Dog (Blue Note, 1969), with Melvin Sparks, Idris Muhammad et al. a.
  • Everything I Play Is Funky (Blue Note, 1970)

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SURNAME Earland, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American organist and saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1999
Place of death Kansas City