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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZMcPHERSON, Charles(b 24 July 1939, Joplin MO) Alto sax, influenced by both Johnny Hodges and Charlie Parker. Worked with Charles Mingus on records and tours c.'64-70 included music for Monterey '64-5, LPs Blue Bird and Pithecanthropus Erectus '70, etc. Own LPs with many fine sidemen, including Barry Harris, Sam Jones, many others. On Prestige: Be-Bop Revisited '64, Con Alma! '65, The Quintet - Live! '66 at the Five Spot including Mingus alumnus Lonnie Hillyer on trumpet (b 25 March 1940, Monroe GA); also From This Moment On, Horizons, McPherson's Mood '68-9; on Mainstream for three LPs '72-3, some tracks with those named above, some with Gene Bertoncini on guitar, others with strings arranged by Ernie Wilkins; then Beautiful, Live In Tokyo, New Horizons and Free Bop! '75-8 on Xanadu; The Prophet '83, later Follow The Bouncing Ball with Alan Broadbent on Discovery. First Flight Out '94 with Tom Harrell, then Come Play With Me '95 on Arabesque were quartet sessions showing him still in his prime, obviously happy to have the superb Mulgrew Miller on piano on the latter. Live At Vartan Jazz '96 on Vartan Tonoian's label in Denver CO was his first live recording since the '60s, a delight with Valery Ponomarev on trumpet, the rhythm section including his son Chuck McPherson on drums. |