Chuck Flores
Chuck Flores (actually Charles Walter Flores, * 5. January 1935 in Orange , California ; † 24. November 2016 ) was an American drummer of modern jazz .
Live and act
Chuck Flores studied with Shelly Manne and played with Ike Carpenter and Maynard Ferguson , 1954/55 with Woody Herman , 1954 in Paris with Cy Touff & The Third Herdsmen and with Dick Collins . After that he worked mainly freelance in California , with Bud Shank 1956, Art Pepper and other musicians from the West Coast jazz scene. In 1961 he worked for Claude Williamson , in the 1970s he was a founding member of the quartet The LA 4 (but did not take part in their later recordings) and accompanied the singer Carmen McRae on her album Great American Songbook . In 1977 he made his own album with a quintet, Drum Flower on Enja Records .
Selection discography
- Art Pepper: Modern Art (Blue Note, 1956–57)
- Bud Shank: Blowin 'Country (Blue Note, 1956-57)
- The Third Herdsmen: The Vogue Sessions (Vogue, 1954)
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- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
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| SURNAME | Flores, Chuck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flores, Charles Walter (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 2016 |