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Denis Charles (04 Dec 1933 - 26 Mar 1998)

Male Person - U.S. Virgin Islands drums

Relationships (13)

Member Of

  1. New York 3 original, drums (drum set)
  2. In Order to Survive original, drums (drum set)
  3. The Jazz Doctors original, drums (drum set)
  4. Peter Kuhn Quartet other vocals, drums (drum set)
  5. Billy Bang Quartet percussion
  6. Jemeel Moondoc Quintet drums (drum set)
  7. Cecil Taylor Quartet drums (drum set)
  8. Rob Brown Trio drums (drum set)
  9. Peter Kuhn Quintet drums (drum set)
  10. Billy Bang Quintet drums (drum set)
  11. Jemeel Moondoc Sextet drums (drum set)
  12. John Blum Astrogeny Quartet drums (drum set)
  13. Michael Marcus Trio drums (drum set)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Azure 7:28 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  2. Nona’s Blues 7:40 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  3. Tune 2 10:34 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  4. Bemsha Swing 7:26 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  5. Charge ’em Blues 11:07 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  6. Rick Kick Shaw 6:05 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  7. Johnny Come Lately 7:13 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  8. Song 5:19 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1957) drums (drum set)
  9. Day Dream 4:24 Steve Lacy (1958) drums (drum set)
  10. Alone Together 6:47 Steve Lacy (1958) drums (drum set)
  11. Work 5:26 Steve Lacy (1958) drums (drum set)
  12. Easy to Love 8:23 Steve Lacy (1958) drums (drum set)
  13. Little Girl Your Daddy Is Calling You 4:34 Steve Lacy (1958) drums (drum set)
  14. Rockin' in Rhythm 4:08 Steve Lacy (1958) drums (drum set)
  15. Davenport Blues 4:25 Gil Evans (Sep 1959) drums (drum set)
  16. Straight No Chaser 6:19 Gil Evans (Sep 1959) drums (drum set)
  17. Django 8:05 Gil Evans (Sep 1959) drums (drum set)
  18. Love for Sale 8:16 Cecil Taylor Trio (1959) drums (drum set)
  19. Matie’s Trophies (Motystrophe) 10:16 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) drums (drum set)
  20. African Violets 5:12 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) drums (drum set)
  21. Love for Sale 8:15 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) drums (drum set)
  22. Get Out of Town 9:12 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) drums (drum set)
  23. Toll 7:40 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) drums (drum set)
  24. Of What 8:18 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) drums (drum set)
  25. Wallering 5:22 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) drums (drum set)
  26. Excursion on a Wobbly Rail 9:03 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) drums (drum set)
  27. Little Lees 9:05 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) drums (drum set)
  28. I Love Paris 5:14 Cecil Taylor Trio (1959) drums (drum set)
  29. Luyah! The Glorious Step 6:26 Cecil Taylor Quartet (1959) drums (drum set)
  30. I Love Paris 5:13 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) drums (drum set)
  31. Little Lees (Louise) 9:07 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1959) drums (drum set)
  32. Matystrophe 10:11 Cecil Taylor Trio and Quintet (1959) drums (drum set)
  33. Get Out of Town 9:14 Cecil Taylor Trio (1959) drums (drum set)
  34. E. B. 9:57 Cecil Taylor (1961) drums (drum set)
  35. Port of Call (take 2) 4:20 Cecil Taylor (1961) drums (drum set)
  36. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 9:12 Sonny Rollins (1962) percussion
  37. Brownskin Girl 6:47 Sonny Rollins (1962) percussion
  38. If Ever I Would Leave You 12:04 Sonny Rollins (1962) percussion
  39. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (take 3) 8:56 Cecil Taylor (1971) drums (drum set)
  40. Jumpin’ Punkins (take 6) 8:12 Cecil Taylor (1971) drums (drum set)
  41. O.P. (take 1) 7:30 Cecil Taylor (1971) drums (drum set)
  42. Cell Walk for Celeste 11:19 Cecil Taylor / Buell Neidlinger (1972) drums (drum set)
  43. Carol/Three Points 8:16 Cecil Taylor Quintet (1975) drums (drum set)
  44. Brilliant Corners 9:45 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles (1975) drums (drum set)
  45. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues) 10:25 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles (1975) drums (drum set)
  46. Pannonica 3:25 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles (1975) drums (drum set)
  47. Bye-Ya 9:00 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles (1975) drums (drum set)
  48. Monk's Dream 7:15 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles (1975) drums (drum set)
  49. Skippy 6:15 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles (1975) drums (drum set)
  50. Monk's Mood 8:10 Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles (1975) drums (drum set)

Credited as (12)

  1. Susie Ibarra & Denis Charles
  2. Daunik Lazro, Jac Berrocal, Didier Levallet & Denis Charles
  3. Thomas Borgmann, Wilber Morris & Denis Charles
  4. Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Henry Grimes, Dennis Charles
  5. Borah Bergman / Denis Charles / Roy Campbell
  6. Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray
  7. Wilber Morris, David Murray, Dennis Charles
  8. Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp
  9. Marco Eneidi, William Parker, Dennis Charles
  10. Billy Bang & Dennis Charles
  11. Frank Lowe, Butch Morris, Billy Bang, Heinz Wollny, Frank Wollny, ar. penck & Dennis Charles
  12. Jeanne Lee, Billy Bang, Frank Lowe, William Parker, Dennis King Charles & ar penck

Works (14)

Composed

  1. Exploration NY 302
  2. [untitled]
  3. [untitled]
  4. [untitled]
  5. [untitled]
  6. Exploration NY 303
  7. [untitled]
  8. [untitled]
  9. [untitled]
  10. [untitled]
  11. Exploration NY 304
  12. West Indian Folk Song
  13. Air Traffic Control

Dedicated Works

  1. One for Jazz (For Dennis Charles)

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. 8. Jazz Festival Willisau 1982, Day 4: Festhalle time

Links (12)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.denischarles.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t440x8
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13923815h
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134958039
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/denis_charles
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83189396
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83189396

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Charles

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/319789

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000237899

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/59271630

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189035