Charlie Rice

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Charles R. "Charlie" Rice (born March 1, 1920 in Philadelphia ; † April 22, 2018 ) was an American jazz musician ( drums ).

Live and act

Rice began his music career with Jimmy Oliver and then worked as the head of the house band at Club 421, which also included Vance Wilson , Bob Bushnell , Red Garland and Johnny Hughes. From the early 1950s he worked in the New York jazz scene; first recordings were made in 1951 with Howard McGhee ( Jazz South Pacific (Savoy), with JJ Johnson , Rudy Williams , Skeeter Best , Oscar Pettiford ). In the following years he played with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, 1954-57 with Eddie Lockjaw Davis ( The Battle of Birdland (Roost) 1954). Jimmy Heath , Red Garland and Sonny Stitt , from the 1960s a. a. with Chet Baker ( Baby Breeze , 1865), with whom he made a guest appearance in Hamburg in 1979 ( At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall ), in 1980 with the Al Gray / Jimmy Forrest Quintet ( Out 'Dere ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 22 recording sessions between 1951 and 1980. Rice last lived in Camden, New Jersey.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary. Legacy.com, April 22, 2018, accessed April 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazz.com
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 27, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Rice, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rice, Charles R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2018