Charlie Persip

Charli Persip (born July 26, 1929) is an American jazz drummer. Born in Morristown, New Jersey, as Charles Lawrence Persip, and formerly known as Charlie Persip, he changed the spelling of his name to Charli in the early 1980s.[1]

Biography

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.[2] He later studied drums with Al Germansky in Newark.[3] After playing with Tadd Dameron in 1953, he gained recognition as a jazz drummer as he toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie's big and small bands between 1953 and 1958.[1] 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. Around this time, Persip also recorded with several other formidable jazz musicians, including Lee Morgan, Dinah Washington, Melba Liston, Kenny Dorham, Zoot Sims, Red Garland, Gil Evans, Don Ellis, Eric Dolphy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Gene Ammons. Persip was also the drummer on the legendary "Eternal Triangle" recording, Sonny Side Up (Verve Records), featuring Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. From 1960 to 1973 he toured as a drummer and conductor with Billy Eckstine.

Along with his performing activities, Persip has earned a reputation as an educator. Since 1974, he has been instructor of drums and music for Jazzmobile, Inc. in New York City. He is currently (2008) Associate Professor at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in Manhattan.

Persip leads 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 is Intrinsic Evolution.

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)

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

  • Manhattan Fever (Denon, 1978)
  • Bursting Out! (Denon, 1978)
  • Shiny Stockings (Denon, 1979)
  • Twelve Shades of Black (Leo, 1979)

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Red Garland

  • Bright and Breezy (Jazzland, 1961)
  • Rojo (Prestige, 1961)
  • When There Are Grey Skies (Prestige, 1962)
  • Soul Burnin' (Prestige, 1964)

With Benny Golson

With Quincy Jones

  • This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
  • The Quintessential Charts (Impulse!, 1978)
  • The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1984)

With Rahsaan Roland Kirk

  • We Free Kings (Mercury, 1962)
  • The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man (Warner Bros., 1976)
  • Kirkatron (Warner Bros., 1977)
  • Kirk's Works (Mercury, 1977)

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

  • New York, N.Y. (Decca, 1959)
  • Jazz in the Space Age (Decca, 1960)

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

References
  1. Yanow, Scott. "Charlie Persip: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  2. Jazz, All About. "Charli Persip". www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  3. http://germansky.org/al/articles/1972%20Al%20Germansky%20Recalls%2025%20Years%20As%20Drum%20Instructor.jpg
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