Charles Tolliver in conversation
The trumpeter, composer and Strata-East Records co-founder chats to Soweto.
Soweto is joined by trumpeter, composer and bandleader Charles Tolliver for an extended conversation.
As well as being a leading musician for the past 60 years, Charles co-founded the seminal record label Strata-East - which was responsible for ground breaking albums by artists like Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Pharoah Sanders, Clifford Jordan and many others.
Charles was in the UK this week, in London and Brighton, presenting a pair of special tribute concerts to his friend and mentor 鈥� the drummer Max Roach, who would鈥檝e turned 100 this year.
Soweto talks to Charles about his time spent in Max's band, how hearing bebop as a child left an indelible mark on his sound, and how taking risks has shaped his long career.
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Charles Tolliver
Copasetic
- Connect.
- Gearbox Records.
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Max Roach
Equipoise
- Members, Don't Git Weary.
- Atlantic.
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Max Roach & Clifford Brown
I'll Remember April
- At Basin Street.
- EmArcy.
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Max Roach
Lonesome Lover
- It's Time.
- Impulse.
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Charles Tolliver's Music Inc.
Household Of Saud
- Music Inc.
- Strata-East.
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Gil Scott鈥怘eron
The Bottle
- Winter In America.
- Strata-East.
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Charlie Parker
Big Foot
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Jackie McLean
Truth
- It's Time!.
- Blue Note.
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Charles Tolliver
I Want To Talk About You
- Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note.
- Blue Note.
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