Charlie Ventura

Charlie Ventura (born Charles Venturo; December 2, 1916 – January 17, 1992) was a tenor saxophonist and bandleader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Contents

• Gene Norman Presents a Charlie Ventura Concert 1949
• Lullaby in rhythm by charlie ventura with jackie cain vocals bebop
• Discography
• References

Ventura had his first taste of success working with Gene Krupa. In 1945 he won the Down Beat readers' poll in the tenor saxophone category. In the late 1940s he led several popular groups and went on to become known for his "bop for the people," with vocalists Jackie Cain and Roy Kral.

After the early 1950s he made only a few recordings. His first was the debut album for Gene Norman's GNP Crescendo label (GNPD No. 1) recorded live in Los Angeles. In Las Vegas, he worked with Jackie Gleason and was the featured soloist on four albums Gleason produced : Riff Jazz (1958), on which he played alto, tenor, and bass saxophones; Silk and Brass (1965); A Taste of Brass for Lovers Only (1967); and Doublin' in Brass (1968)

Ventura died of lung cancer in Pleasantville, New Jersey at the age of 75.

Discography

1945 Crazy Rhythms of Charlie Ventura Columbia

1947 Carnegie Hall Concert Verve

1950 Stomping with the Sax Crystalette

1953 Charlie Ventura Decca

1953 Charlie Ventura Concert Featuring the Charlie Ventura Septet Universal

1953 Charlie Ventura and His Sextet Imperial Records (Japan)

1954 Charlie Ventura [GNP] GNP

1954 Charlie Ventura Quartet Norgran

1954 An Evening with Mary Ann McCall Norgran

1954 An Evening with Charlie Ventura Verve

1954 F.Y.I. Ventura Emarcy

1954 Charlie Ventura in Concert MCA/Decca

1955 Another Evening with Charlie Ventura and Mary Ann McCall Norgran

1955 Charlie Ventura's Carnegie Hall Concert

1955 Jumping with Ventura Emarcy

1955 In a Jazz Mood Norgran

1956 Charlie Ventura Plays Hi Fi Jazz Tops

1956 Blue Saxophone Norgran

1956 New Charlie Ventura in Hi Fi Baton

1956 Charley's Parley Norgran

1957 Adventure with Charlie Ventura King

1957 Here's Charlie Brunswick

1957 Charlie Ventura in a Jazz Mood Verve

1958 The Charlie Ventura Quintet: A Lost Gem Baton

1958 East of Suez Columbia

195? Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra Clef

1960 Charlie Ventura Plays for the People Craftsman

1977 Chazz Famous Door

1995 Live at the Three Deuces, 1947 Jazz Band

2002 Live at the Three Deuces, Vol. 2 HighNote

2002 Legendary Pasadena Concert Proper

It's All Bop to Me (1999)

Running Wild (1998)

Bop for the People (2002)

Charlie Comes On (2002)

Complete 1951–52 Verve Studio Sessions (Quartet & Quintet) (2002)

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (2002)

Blue Ventura (2005)

High on an Open Mike (2009)

With Dizzy Gillespie

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937–1949 [1995])

With Gene Krupa

The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura (Verve, 1964)