American jazz musician (1929–2020)
Musical artist
Charles Lawrence Persip (July 26, 1929
[1] – August 23, 2020),
[2] known as Charli Persip and formerly as Charlie Persip (he changed the spelling of his name to Charli in the late 1960s),
[3]
[4]
[5] was an American
jazz drummer .
Biography
Born in
Morristown, New Jersey , United States,
[1] and raised in
Newark, New Jersey , Persip attended
West Side High School , preferring it over
Newark Arts High School because he wanted to join the former's football team.
[6] He later studied drums with Al Germansky in Newark.
[7] After playing with
Tadd Dameron in 1953,
[1] he gained recognition as a jazz drummer as he toured and recorded with
Dizzy Gillespie's big and small bands between 1953 and 1958.
[8] He then joined
Harry "Sweets" Edison's quintet and later the
Harry James Orchestra before forming his own group, the Jazz Statesmen, with
Roland Alexander ,
Freddie Hubbard , and
Ron Carter in 1960.
[1] Around this time, Persip also recorded with other jazz musicians, including
Lee Morgan ,
Melba Liston ,
Kenny Dorham ,
Zoot Sims ,
Red Garland ,
Gil Evans ,
Don Ellis ,
Eric Dolphy ,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk ,
Gene Ammons and the singer
Dinah Washington . Persip was also the drummer on the "Eternal Triangle" recording,
Sonny Side Up (
Verve , 1957), featuring
Sonny Rollins and
Sonny Stitt . From 1960 to 1973 he toured as a drummer and conductor with
Billy Eckstine .
[1]
Along with his performing activities, Persip earned a reputation as an educator. From 1974, he was an instructor of drums and music for
Jazzmobile, Inc. in
New York City .
[1] As of 2008, he was an
associate professor at the
New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in
Manhattan .
Persip led Supersound, his jazz
big band that was started in the mid-1980s as Superband. Supersound's first album was recorded on the Stash label, and was titled Charli Persip and Superband . The group's second album, Superband II , and third album, No Dummies Allowed , were recorded on the
Soul Note label. Their fourth album was Intrinsic Evolution .
Death
Charli Persip died August 23, 2020, at
Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City at the age of 91.
[2]
Discography
As leader
Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones (Roulette, 1960)
Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland Vol. 2 with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones (Roulette, 1961)
Charles Persip and the Jazz Statesmen (Bethlehem, 1961)
Drum Night at Birdland with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones (Roulette, 1974)
Charlie Persip and Gerry Lafurn's 17-Piece Superband (Stash, 1981)
In Case You Missed It (Soul Note, 1985)
No Dummies Allowed (Soul Note, 1989)
Charli Persip & Supersound - Intrinsic Evolution (2008 Charles Persip Productions & Cancrizans Booking & Management)
As sideman
With
Ernestine Anderson
Moanin' Moanin' Moanin' (Mercury, 1960)
My Kinda Swing (Mercury, 1960)
With
Bob Brookmeyer
With
Cándido Camero
In Indigo (ABC-Paramount, 1958)
Latin Fire (ABC-Paramount, 1959)
Conga Soul (Roulette, 1962)
With
Harry Edison
With
Don Ellis
With
Art Farmer
With
Frank Foster
Bursting Out! (Denon, 1978)
Shiny Stockings (Denon, 1979)
Twelve Shades of Black (Leo, 1979)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
More of the Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sextet (Norgran, 1954)
Afro (Norgran, 1954)
Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955)
Dizzy and Strings (Norgran, 1955)
World Statesman (Norgran, 1956)
Diz and Getz (Verve, 1957)
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957)
Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz (American Recording Society, 1957)
Duets (Verve, 1958)
Birks' Works (Verve, 1958)
Dizzy in Greece (Verve, 1958)
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Verve, 1959)
Sonny Side Up with Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins (Verve, 1959)
A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960)
Perceptions (Verve, 1961)
With
Red Garland
With
Benny Golson
With
Quincy Jones
With
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
With
Hank Mobley
With
Lee Morgan
With
David "Fathead" Newman
With
Joe Newman
With
Cecil Payne
Performing Charlie Parker Music (1961)
The Connection (1962)
With
Jerome Richardson
With
George Russell
With
Sonny Stitt
With
Randy Weston
With
George Williams
Swing Classics in Hi-Fi (United Artists, 1959)
Put on Your Dancing Shoes (United Artists, 1960)
With others
Cannonball Adderley ,
African Waltz (Riverside, 1961)
Joe Albany ,
Portrait of an Artist (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
Don Bagley , Jazz on the Rocks (Regent 1959)
Bill Barron ,
West Side Story Bossa Nova (Audio Fidelity, 1969)
Aaron Bell , Richard Rodgers' Victory at Sea (Jazz Lion 1959)
George Benson , Benson Burner (Columbia, 1976)
Cindy Lee Berryhill ,
Naked Movie Star (Rhino, 1989)
Kenny Burrell ,
Guitar Forms (Verve, 1965)
Donald Byrd , House of Byrd (Prestige, 1976)
Ron Carter ,
Where? (
New Jazz , 1962)
Eddie Chamblee , Chamblee Music (EmArcy, 1958)
Ray Charles ,
The Genius of Ray Charles (Atlantic, 1959)
Jimmy Cleveland ,
Cleveland Style (
EmArcy , 1958)
Al Cohn ,
Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1961)
Johnny Coles , The Warm Sound (Epic, 1961)
Albert Dailey , Renaissance (Catalyst, 1977)
Kenny Dorham ,
This Is the Moment! (Riverside, 1958)
Buddy Emmons ,
Steel Guitar Jazz (Mercury, 1963)
Gil Evans ,
Out of the Cool (Impulse!, 1961)
Curtis Fuller ,
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (
Savoy , 1959)
Erroll Garner , Feeling Is Believing (Mercury, 1970)
Charles Greenlee , I Know About the Life (Baystate 1977)
Johnny Griffin ,
The Big Soul-Band (Riverside, 1960)
Lionel Hampton , Hamp's Big Band (Audio Fidelity, 1959)
Slide Hampton ,
Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (
Strand , 1959)
Craig Harris ,
Black Bone (Soul Note, 1984)
Milt Jackson ,
For Someone I Love (
Riverside , 1963)
Harry James , Harry James and His New Swingin' Band (MGM 1959)
Budd Johnson ,
Let's Swing! (Swingville, 1960)
Etta Jones ,
So Warm (Prestige, 1961)
Louis Jordan , Somebody Up There Digs Me (Mercury/Wing, 1962)
Taft Jordan , Mood Indigo!!! Taft Jordan Plays Duke Ellington (Moodsville, 1961)
Irene Kral ,
SteveIreneo! (United Artists, 1959)
Melba Liston ,
Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (MetroJazz, 1959)
Pat Martino ,
Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) (Prestige, 1968)
Ken McIntyre ,
A New Beginning (Passin' Thru, 2001)
Hal McKusick ,
Triple Exposure (Prestige, 1957)
Blue Mitchell ,
Smooth as the Wind (Riverside, 1961)
Oliver Nelson ,
Joe Newman , Main Stem (Prestige, 1962)
Mary Osborne , Now and Then (Stash, 1982)
Sonny Phillips , I Concentrate on You (Muse, 1979)
Pony Poindexter ,
Pony's Express (Epic, 1962)
Bill Potts , the Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess (United Artists, 1959)
Gene Quill , 3 Bones and a Quill (Vogue, 1959)
Frank Rehak , Jazzville Vol. 2 (Dawn, 1987)
Dizzy Reece ,
Asia Minor (New Jazz, 1962)
Johnny Richards , Live in Stereo 1957-1958 Broadcasts (Jazz Hour, 1991)
Sam Rivers ,
Zenith (Archive Series Volume 2) (NoBusiness, 2019) recorded in 1977
Sonny Rollins , Tenor Titan (VSP 1966)
Howard Rumsey , Double or Nothin (Liberty 1957)
Sal Salvador , The Beat for This Generation (Decca, 1959)
Hal Schaefer , Ten Shades of Blue (United Artists, 1959)
Bobby Scott , A Taste of Honey (Atlantic, 1960)
Archie Shepp , Ballads for Trane (Denon, 1977)
Clark Terry ,
Everything's Mellow (
Moodsville , 1961)
Big Joe Turner , Big Joe Rides Again (Atlantic, 1960)
Dinah Washington ,
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (Mercury, 1959)
Ernie Wilkins , Here Comes the Swingin' Mr. Wilkins! (Everest, 1960)
Kai Winding ,
Dance to the City Beat (Columbia, 1959)
Leo Wright ,
Blues Shout (Atlantic, 1960)
Mal Waldron ,
The Quest (New Jazz, 1962)
Phil Woods ,
The Young Bloods with
Donald Byrd (Prestige, 1956)
Phil Woods , Bird Feathers (Prestige, 1957)
References
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Colin Larkin , ed. (1992).
The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.).
Guinness Publishing . p. 1940.
ISBN
0-85112-939-0 .
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b Chinen, Nate (2020-08-24).
"Charli Persip, Virtuoso Drummer Who Cut a Swath Through Modern Jazz, Is Dead at 91" . Wbgo.org . Retrieved 2020-08-25 .
^ Wood, Ben (September 26, 1968).
"Kauai Surf Crowd cheers Billy Eckstine, Bobbi Martin" . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . p. D-11. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
^ Williams, Lance A. (September 14, 1972).
"Billy Eckstine Utilizes Hong Kong's Confines" . The Los Angeles Times . pt. IV, p. 21. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
^ Wilmer, Valerie (1977). As Serious as Your Life : The Story of the New Jazz . pp.
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ISBN
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"Charli Persip" . Allaboutjazz.com . Retrieved 2017-01-28 .
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"Al Germansky Recalls 25 Years as Drum Instructor" (JPG) . Germansky.org . Retrieved 2021-10-04 .
^ Yanow, Scott.
"Charlie Persip: Biography" . Allmusic. Retrieved 24 June 2011 .
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