Charles McCracken (cellist)
Charles P. McCracken (born April 11, 1926 in Jonesboro (Arkansas) ; † November 5, 1997 ) was an American cellist who interpreted new music in addition to older classical music, but also worked in pop music and jazz .
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McCracken became a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at the age of 24 . He also played a number of works on board, such as the String Trio of Artur Schnabel ; Leopold Stokowski brought him to his recording of baroque concerts in 1967. As a studio musician, he was part of the MGM orchestra, which recorded works by Heitor Villa-Lobos , among others ; as a cellist he can also be heard as a soloist on recordings by Harold Shapero , Bill Russo ( School of Rebellion ) and Charles Mingus ( Pre-Bird , Let My Children Hear Music ).
McCracken has also been involved in major orchestral recordings with Oliver Nelson , Hugo Montenegro , Jackie Paris , Stan Getz and Louis Armstrong . He later belonged to the Beaux Arts String Quartet , with whom he was involved in numerous recordings of the crossover , for example by Warren Vaché and Ruby Braff . In 1983 he recorded Samuel Barber's cello sonata . Tom Lord lists 219 recordings with him between 1956 and 1993. He died of complications from lung cancer .
His son is the bassoonist Charles McCracken junior, who commissioned Robert Paterson with the composition Elegy for Two Cellos and Piano in memory of his father .
Web links
- Charles McCracken at Allmusic (English)
- Charles McCracken at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Excerpt from the United States Social Security Death Index
- ↑ Reminder (New York Times)
- ↑ a b Obituary
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography
- ^ Elegy for Two Cellos and Piano
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCracken, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCracken, Charles P. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jonesboro, Arkansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1997 |