Charles Fambrough

After two years there he hooked up with McCoy Tyner to become anchor of Tyner's band, until 1982. In that year Fambrough joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and played there during the early 1980s. When Wynton Marsalis left the Messengers to form his own band, Fambrough followed him. In the liner notes of album The Proper Angle (CD) Fambrough mentions the lessons he learned from McCoy Tyner and Art Blakey. The latter taught him to play behind a horn player and within a rhythm section. Suffering from kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension, he died in 2011 at the age of 60.

• Year — Album — Personnel — Label • 1991 — The Proper Angle — Steve Berrios, Mini Cinelu, Joe Ford, Jerry Gonzalez, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Kirkland, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Jeff Tain Watts — CTI Records • 1992 — The Charmer — Roy Hargrove, Kenny Garrett, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stephen Scott, Billy Drummond — CTI • 1993 — Blues at Bradley’s — Donald Harrison, Joe Ford, Steve Turre, Bill O'Connell, Bobby Broom, Ricky Sebastian, Steve Berrios — CTI • 1995 — City Tribes — Craig Handy, John Swana, Bill O'Connell, Ricky Sebsastian, Marlon Simon, Cafe, Dave Valentin — Evidence • 1994 — Keeper of The Spirit — John Swana, Ralph Bowen, Grover Washington Jr. — AudioQuest Music • 1996 — Impressions of Jazz — Eric Mintel — Jazz Lions • 1997 — Upright Citizen — Grover Washington, Jr., Gerald Albright, George Duke, Alex Bugnon, Jon Lucien — NuGroove • 2002 — Live at Zansibar Blue — Bill O'Connell, Joe Ford, Sean Jones, Wilby Fletcher, Lenny White, Roland Guerrero — Random Chance • 2003 — StoneJazz — Mark Kramer, Lenny White, Mulgrew Miller, Steve Johns, Ralph Peterson, George Colligan — LightYear

With Kei Akagi • Mirror Puzzle (1994) With Art Blakey • Live at Montreux and Northsea (Timeless, 1980) • Art Blakey in Sweden (Amigo, 1981) • Album of the Year (Timeless, 1981) • Straight Ahead (Concord Jazz, 1981) • Killer Joe (Union Jazz, 1981) - with George Kawaguchi • Keystone 3 (Concord Jazz, 1982) • Oh-By the Way (Timeless, 1982) With Craig Handy • Introducing Three for All + One (Arabesque, 1993) With Roy Hargrove • Diamond in the Rough (Novus/RCA, 1990) With Wynton Marsalis • Fathers and Sons (1982) • Wynton Marsalis (Columbia, 1982) With Eric Mintel • Impressions of Jazz (Jazz Lions, 1996) With Pharoah Sanders • Crescent with Love (Venus, 1992) With McCoy Tyner • Focal Point (1976) • The Greeting (1978) • Horizon (1979) With Roland Kirk • Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real (1977)

Charles Fambrough is recorded as composer and musician.