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Earland, Charles

LC control no.n 86102031
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Personal name headingEarland, Charles
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Variant(s)Earland, Charlie
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1941-05-24
Death date1999-12-11
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathKansas City (Mo.)
AffiliationTemple University Jimmy McGriff Big Band Prestige Records (Firm) Cannonball Productions
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Organists Saxophonists
Found inOne-night stand [SR] p1981: container (Charles Earland; organ)
New York Times, Dec. 15, 1999 (Charles Earland, 58, soul-jazz organist and saxophonist; d. Dec. 11, 1999, Kansas City, Mo.)
His Smokin' [SR] p1977: label (Charlie Earland)
Grove music online, Oct. 17, 2011 (Earland, Charles; b. May 24, 1941, Philadelphia, d. Dec. 11, 1999, Kansas City; American organist, leader, and soprano saxophonist)
African American National Biography, accessed April 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Earland, Charles; jazz musician, organist, saxophonist; born 24 May 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; attended Temple University, Philadelphia; played with Jimmy McGriff's band (1958-1961); put together his own trio (1961); recorded for Choice label (1966) and Prestige Records (1969); played with his wife Sheryl Kendrick (1970s-1980s); resumed playing full time soul jazz and Hammond B-3 organ (1988); recorded for Milestone, Muse, and Cannonball labels; died 11 December 1999 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States)