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Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver
	Charles Tolliver at The Town Hall in 2009
Background information
Born	1942 (age 81–82); Jacksonville, Florida, US
Origin	New York City
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Trumpet
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Strata-East
Website	charlestolliver.com

Charles Tolliver (born 1942) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and co-founder of Strata East Records.

Biography

Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10.^[1] During his childhood, his grandmother gave him his first horn, a cornet he had coveted.^[2] Tolliver attended Howard University in the early 1960s as a pharmacy major, when he decided to pursue music as a career and return home to New York City. He came to prominence in 1964, playing and recording on Jackie McLean's Blue Note albums. In 1971, Tolliver and Stanley Cowell founded Strata-East Records, and Tolliver released many albums and collaborations on Strata-East.^[3] Following a long hiatus, he reemerged in the late 2000s, releasing two albums arranged for big band, With Love and Emperor March. With Love was nominated in 2007 for a Grammy award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble.^[4]

He would later describe his experience: "There was so much going on with the music. Like with bebop, we had a long period of just salivating on. There were all these different idioms within a genre, the avant-garde and free music, bebop still, and of course the music of John Coltrane and Miles. It was just a hell of a period. And then there was also the political scene going on...."^[5]

Discography

As leader

1965: "Brilliant Corners" on The New Wave in Jazz (Impulse!)
1968: Paper Man (Freedom), also released as Charles Tolliver and His All Stars (Black Lion)
1970: The Ringer (Polydor)
1970: Live at Slugs' (Strata-East)
1971: Music Inc. (Strata-East)
1972: Impact (Enja)
1972: Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (Strata-East), also released as Grand Max (Black Lion)
1974/1975: Live in Tokyo (Strata-East)
1975: Impact (Strata-East)
1977: Compassion (Strata-East), also released as New Tolliver (Baystate)
1988: Live in Berlin at the Quasimodo Vol. 1 (Strata-East)
1988: Live in Berlin at the Quasimodo Vol. 2 (Strata-East)
2006: With Love (Blue Note)
2009: Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
2020: Connect (Gearbox Records)

As a sideman

With Roy Ayers

Virgo Vibes (Atlantic, 1967)
Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic, 1968)
Red Black & Green (Polydor, 1973)
Daddy Bug & Friends (Atlantic, 1976)

With Gary Bartz

Another Earth (Milestone, 1969)

With The Brass Company

Colors (Strata-East, 1975)

With Doug Carn

Spirit of the New Land (Black Jazz, 1972)

With Michael Cooper

Get Closer (Reprise, 1992)

With Booker Ervin

Structurally Sound (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
Booker 'n' Brass (Pacific Jazz, 1967)

With John Gordon

Step By Step (Strata-East, 1976)

With Keyon Harrold

Introducing Keyon Harrold (Criss Cross Jazz, 2009)

With Louis Hayes

Light and Lively (SteepleChase, 1989)
The Crawl (Candid, 1989)
Una Max (SteepleChase, 1989)

With Andrew Hill

One for One (Blue Note, 1965, 1969, 1970 [1975])
Dance with Death (Blue Note, 1968 [1980])
Time Lines (Blue Note, 2006)

With Jackie McLean

It's Time! (Blue Note, 1964)
Action Action Action (Blue Note, 1964)
Jacknife (Blue Note, 1965)

With Oliver Nelson

Swiss Suite (Flying Dutchman, 1971)

With The Reunion Legacy Band

The Legacy (Early Bird, 1991)

With Max Roach

Members, Don't Git Weary (Atlantic, 1968)

With Horace Silver

Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note, 1968)

With McCoy Tyner

Song for My Lady (Milestone, 1972)

With Gerald Wilson

Live and Swinging (Pacific Jazz, 1967)

Source:^[6]

References

^ French, David (April 25, 2019) [Originally published March 1, 2007]. "Charles Tolliver: It's Time". JazzTimes. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ May, Chris (July 21, 2020). "Charles Tolliver: Blowing Down The Walls Of Trump's Jericho". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
^ Allmusic biography
^ With Love review
^ Interview, Laurence Donohue-Greene, All About Jazz Online.
^ "Charles Tolliver discography". JazzLists. Retrieved February 26, 2024.