Charlie Rouse


Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist. His career is marked by his collaboration with Thelonious Monk, which lasted for more than ten years.

Biography

Rouse was born in Washington, D.C., United States. At first he worked with the clarinet, before turning to the tenor saxophone.
Rouse began his career with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra in 1944, followed by the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band in 1945, the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1949 to 1950, the Count Basie Octet in 1950, Bull Moose Jackson And His Buffalo Bearcats in 1953, and the Oscar Pettiford Sextet in 1955. He made his recording debut with Tadd Dameron in 1947, and in 1957 made a notable album with Paul Quinichette.
He was a member of Thelonious Monk's quartet from 1959 to 1970. In the 1980s he was a founding member of the group Sphere, which began as a tribute to Monk.
Charlie Rouse died from lung cancer on November 30, 1988, at University Hospital in Seattle at the age of 64.

Honors

The asteroid 10426 Charlierouse was officially named to honor Rouse by American astronomer Joe Montani of Spacewatch, who discovered it in 1999. Earlier, in 1994, asteroid 11091 Thelonious had also been discovered and named by Montani.

Discography

As leader

  • 1957: The Chase Is On with Paul Quinichette
  • 1958: Just Wailin with Herbie Mann, Kenny Burrell and Mal Waldron
  • 1960: Takin' Care of Business
  • 1960: Yeah! – reissued as Unsung Hero in 1990 with tracks from We Paid Our Dues
  • 1961: We Paid Our Dues – shared LP with Seldon Powell
  • 1962: Bossa Nova Bacchanal
  • 1973: Two Is One
  • 1977: Cinnamon Flower – also released as Brazil
  • 1977: Moment's Notice
  • 1981: The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society - released 1985
  • 1984: Social Call with Red Rodney
  • 1988: Soul Mates with Sahib Shihab – released 1993
  • 1988: Epistrophy
With Julius Watkins as Les Jazz Modes/The Jazz Modes
  • 1956: Jazzville Vol. 1 – shared LP with Gene Quill-Dick Sherman Quintet
  • 1956: Les Jazz Modes
  • 1957: Mood in Scarlet
  • 1958: The Most Happy Fella
  • 1959: The Jazz Modes
With Sphere
  • Four in One
  • Flight Path
  • Sphere On Tour
  • Pumpkin's Delight
  • Four for All
  • Bird Songs
With The Stan Tracey Quartet'
  • ''Playin' In The Yard''

    As sideman

With Dave Bailey
  • Gettin' Into Somethin
With Clifford Brown
  • Memorial Album
With Donald Byrd
  • Byrd in Hand
With Benny Carter
  • Further Definitions
With Sonny Clark
  • Leapin' and Lopin
With Art Farmer
With Joe Gordon
  • Introducing Joe Gordon
With Bennie Green
  • Bennie Green Blows His Horn
  • Back on the Scene
With Hank Jones
  • Groovin' High
With Duke Jordan
With Thelonious Monk
  • At Town Hall
  • 5 by Monk by 5
  • Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk
  • Monk in France
  • Thelonious Monk in Italy
  • Monk in Copenhagen
  • Criss Cross
  • Monk's Dream
  • At Newport 1963 and 1965
  • Monterey Jazz Festival '63
  • Big Band and Quartet in Concert
  • It's Monk's Time
  • Monk
  • Live at the It Club
  • Live at the Jazz Workshop
  • Monk In Paris
  • Olympia, 6 Mars 1965
  • Olympia, 7 Mars 1965
  • Paris At Midnight
  • Straight, No Chaser
  • The Nonet – Live!
  • Underground
  • Palo Alto
  • Monk's Blues
With Oscar Pettiford
  • Oscar Pettiford
With Louis Smith
  • Smithville
With Art Taylor
  • Taylor's Wailers
  • Taylor's Tenors
With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
With Mal Waldron