Charlie Singleton

Charlie Singleton (* around 1930 in Kansas City , Missouri ) is a former American jazz and rhythm & blues musician ( alto and tenor saxophone , also vocals ).

Live and act

Singleton attended Lincoln High School and took lessons from Charlie Parker's music teacher Leo Davis. In 1949 the first recordings were made in New York City under his own name for the R&B label Apollo, at the end of the year for the star label. a. Jackie McLean , Charlie Parker (aka Chan ) and Gildo Mahones participated. In the early 1950s he headed his own studio formation, with changing line-ups a. a. Eddie Barefield , Lou Donaldson , Jesse Drakes , Big John Greer , Jimmy Neely , Herbie Nichols, and Lucky Thompson . During this time he played a number of singles such as "Elephant Rock", "Pyramid" and " These Foolish Things " for Saturn, Atlas, Sunset and Decca . In addition, recordings were made with the singer Joseph August , the Budd Johnson All Stars (including Howard McGhee , JJ Johnson and Oscar Pettiford ) during this time . In Paris he recorded in 1955 ( Club Session With Charlie Singleton ) with Bernard Hulin , Charles Verstraete , André Persiany , Eddie de Haas and Reggie Jacobson . The last recordings for Camden and Chase were made in the early 1960s. a. Sam "The Man" Taylor , Kenny Burrell , Wally Richardson , Everett Barksdale and Sticks Evans were involved. In the field of jazz he was involved in 23 recording sessions from 1949 to 1963.

personal data
SURNAME	Singleton, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Singleton, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American R&B and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kansas City , Missouri