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Charles McPherson interviewed by Pablo Held
Saxophonist Charles McPherson is a living legend, a musician of the highest order . I’ve learned a lot by listening to him play (and speak!) over the years. When I got the chance to interview him as part of the Mingus100 Festival at @stadtgartenkoeln , I was delighted!
Newport Jazz Festival. Oslo, October 22nd 1970
All Too Soon, Mood Indigo and Take the A-Train with the Charles Mingus Sextet. Newport Jazz Festival. Oslo, October 22nd, 1970. Charles Mingus – Bass
Song of the Sphinx
Hear my Plea
“Hear My Plea” from Song of Songs Charles McPherson’s Jazz Dance Suites To purchase this track/album: https://charlesmcpherson.com/ ℗ Released on: 2020/09/24 All rights reserved by CHAZZ MACK MUSIC Composer: Charles McPherson (co-written with Lynn Sundfor-McPherson) Dancer & Choreographer: Camille McPherson Alto Sax: Charles McPherson Voice: Lorraine Castellanos Drums: Billy Drummond Piano: Jeb Patton Bass: David Wong Filmed and Edited by: Portraits of Music https://portraitsofmsc.wixsite.com/my… Joel Ginsberg, Justin Joyce, Lauren Okamoto
Charles McPherson / Tribute to a Master / Duke Ellington Award
Charles McPherson / Tribute to a Master presentation of the Duke Ellington Award SOKA University & BluePort Jazz
February 3, 2017
Charles McPherson – alto sax
Brian Lynch – trumpet
Johnathan Blake – drums
Jeb Patton – piano
Jim Merod – presenter / host
A Conversation With Charles McPherson
Jazz Dance Suites
National Jazz Museum in Harlem “Desert Island Disc” series with Charles McPherson
Curated by Ted Panken, September 2020
MUSICAL GUMBO: Jazz and the Black Experience
Bird & Beyond: Celebrating Charlie Parker at 100 (A Jazz Congress 2020 Session)
“Delight” with scenes from recording “Charles McPherson’s Jazz Dance Suites” available September 2020.
Rein de Graaff trio with Charles McPherson
Rein de Graaff trio with Charles McPherson Feb, 1990, Charles McPherson, alto sax, Rein de Graaff, piano, Koos Serierse, bass, Eric Ineke, drums – Slow Blues – Star Eyes – A Night in Tunisia – Cherokee – Now is the time
Interview: Jamboree Jazz & Dance Club – Published on Nov 27, 2018
Charles joins the Helen Edison Lecture Series discussing “Charles Mingus and ‘Tijuana Moods’”
Lessons with Charles:
Ethan Iverson from the ‘The Bad Plus’, comes over for some Be-Bop
Story on KUSI
Sweet Synergy Suite
Live Music Series Benefit House Concert
KUSI Talks About Charles’s Career
Eastwood After Hours Live at Carnegie Hall
2016 Don Redman Jazz Heritage Awards
As part of the Centennial Celebration of the National Park Service, Kennedy Center and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (HFNHP) collaborate to present the 2016 recipients of the HFNHP Don Redman Jazz Heritage Awards—saxophonist Charles McPherson and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, joined by the Howard Burns Quartet.
2015 Live at the Jazz Showcase Anthropology
with Mark Davis
Charles McPherson-alto saxophone
Mark Davis-piano
Jeff Hamann-bass
Brian Ritter-drums
In Person with Jazz Times: “Charles McPherson on The Jazz Cruise 2016”
The Pace Report: “Let The Doctor Play His Horn, Man!” The Dr. Charles McPherson Interview (New York, 2015)
New York City, NY
Brian Pace of The Pace Report
Daniel Jackson Benefit Performance 2014
San Diego, CA
Recorded by YC Wong
Joffe Woodwinds Interview
Interview with Ed Joffe (2015)
Charles McPherson on Detroit
Hamilton College Digital Humanities Initiative and The Fillius Jazz Archive (1992)
New World Jazz Society
Performance series with Donald Walden (late 80’s)
Charles McPherson
Kenny Cox – piano
Rodney Whitaker – bass
Roy Brooks – drums
Salt Peanuts
Lydian Sound Orchestra with Charles McPherson
Vicenza Jazz 2005
I‘ll Never Stop Loving You
Charles McPherson Quartet featuring Steve Kuhn
Newport Jazz Festival 1970
Charles and Charles Mingus