Charles McPherson (musician)

Charles McPherson
Photo by Ed Newman
Background information
Birth name	Charles McPherson
Born	July 24, 1939
Origin	Joplin, Missouri
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	alto saxophone
Labels	Prestige Records Arabesque Records Xanadu Records
Associated acts	Charles Mingus

Charles McPherson (born July 24, 1939) is an American jazz alto saxophonist born in Joplin, Missouri and raised in Detroit, Michigan, most notable for his work from 1960-1972 with Charles Mingus.^[1]

McPherson also was commissioned to help record ensemble renditions of pieces from Charlie Parker on the 1988 soundtrack for the film Bird.

Discography

As leader

• Manhattan Nocturne (Arabesque Records)
• Come Play With Me (Arabesque Records)
• First Flight Out (Arabesque Records)
• Illusions In Blue (Chazz Jazz)
• The Prophet (Discovery Records)
• Follow the Bouncing Ball (Musicraft Records)
• Charles McPherson (Mainstream Records)
• Bebop Revisited! (Prestige Records)
• Con Alma! (Prestige Records)
• Live In Tokyo (Xanadu Records)
• New Horizons (Xanadu Records)
• Free Bop (Xanadu Records)
• Mcpherson's Mood (Prestige Records)
• Siku Ya Bibi (Mainstream Records)
• The Quintet Live! (Prestige Records)
• 1973: Today's Man (Mainstream Records) - with Barry Harris, Lawrence Evans, Billy Higgins, Richard Williams, Cecil Bridgewater, Frank Wess, Julius Watkins, Chris Woods, Garnett Brown
• From This Moment On! (Prestige Records)
• Horizons (Prestige Records)
• Live At The Cellar (Cellar Jazz)
• Live At The Five Spot (Prestige Records)

As sideman

With Kenny Drew

• For Sure! (Xanadu Records)

With Clint Eastwood

• Eastwood After Hours

With Charles Mingus

• Let My Children Hear Music (Columbia, 1971)
• Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972)
• Mingus at Carnegie Hall (Atlantic, 1974)

With Charles Tolliver

• Impact (Strata-East, 1973)

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

• Just Be Bop (1980)

References

1. ^ Allmusic

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