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Charles Phillip Thompson (March 21, 1918 – June 16, 2016) was an American swing and bebop pianist, organist, composer, and arranger.

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13-575: Charles or Charlie Thompson may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Charles Thompson (jazz) (1918–2016), American jazz musician also known as "Sir Charles" Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), American ragtime musician Charles P. Thompson (1891–1979), American actor Charles S. Thompson (set decorator) (1908–1994), Hollywood art designer Charles Thurston Thompson (1816–1868), British photographer Black Francis (Charles Thompson IV, born 1965), American musician, frontman of

26-1184: A Latter Day Saint schismatic group in Missouri and Iowa Charles C. Thompson (born 1961), bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States Charles C. Thompson II , American writer, author of A Glimpse of Hell Charles F. Thompson (1882–1954), United States Army general Charles Henry Thompson (1896–1980), first African American to obtain a doctoral degree in educational psychology Charles L. Thompson (1868–1959), American architect Charles J. S. Thompson (1862–1943), British physician and writer Charles S. Thompson (ornithologist) (1881–1960), American ornithologist Charles Stewart Thompson (1851–1900), medical missionary in India Charles Victor Thompson (born 1970), American murderer Charlie Thompson (reporter) , American journalist See also [ edit ] Charles Thomson (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

39-1089: A county commissioner Charles H. Thompson (Wisconsin official) (1935–2012), Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation 1987–1991 Charles H. Thompson (Illinois judge) (1882–1972), Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in 1945, 1946, 1949, and 1950 Charles J. Thompson (1862–1932), US Representative from Ohio Charles Perkins Thompson (1827–1894), US Representative from Massachusetts Tommy Thompson (Royal Navy officer) (Charles Ralfe Thompson, 1894–1966), British naval officer and Prime Ministerial aide-de-camp Charles Winston Thompson (1860–1904), US Representative from Alabama Charles W. Thompson (Kansas politician) (1867–1950), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas Mike Thompson (California politician) (Charles Michael Thompson, born 1951), US representative from California Sports [ edit ] Charles Thompson (American football) (born 1968), former quarterback of

52-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles Thompson (jazz) Thompson was born in Springfield, Ohio , United States, on March 21, 1918. His father was a minister and his stepmother played the piano. "He first studied violin and briefly played tenor saxophone, but took up piano as a teenager." He moved with his family to Parsons, Kansas , in

65-568: The Coleman Hawkins / Howard McGhee sextet in 1944–1945. Throughout the 1940s he played and recorded with Charlie Parker , Dexter Gordon , Miles Davis and J. C. Heard , among others. He played with Lucky Millinder 's big band in 1946, and under Illinois Jacquet in 1947–48 and 1952. He worked freelance, principally on organ, for much of the 1950s. He played with Parker again in 1953 and recorded with Vic Dickenson and Buck Clayton in 1953–54. Thompson worked with Earl Bostic in

78-504: The 1970s and 1980s." He composed the jazz standard "Robbins' Nest". Thompson had one daughter. He died on June 16, 2016, at the age of 98 in a hospital near Tokyo , Japan. He had lived in the country with his wife Makiko since 2002. With Dexter Gordon With Dodo Greene With Joe Newman With Paul Quinichette With Harold Ashby and Paul Gonsalves With Ike Quebec With Joe Williams Charles Thompson (engraver) Charles Thompson (1791–1843)

91-1154: The Oklahoma Sooners Charles Thompson (athlete) (1921–?), Guyanaese Olympic sprinter Charles Thompson (rugby union) (1874–?), British rugby union player Charles Meysey-Thompson (1849–1881), footballer who played for Wanderers Charlie Thompson (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1979), English footballer Charlie Thompson (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1997), English footballer Charlie Thompson (rugby union) (c. 1896–c. 1965), rugby union player who represented Australia Charlie Thompson (American football) (1894–1949), college football player and high school football coach Chuck Thompson (1921–2005), American sportscaster Other [ edit ] Charles Thompson (engraver) (1791–1843), English wood-engraver in France Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet (c. 1740–1799), British admiral Charles A. Thompson (1843–1900), American Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Charles B. Thompson (1814–1895), leader of

104-738: The alternative rock band Pixies Politics [ edit ] Charles Thompson (Cherokee chief) (died 1891), (Cherokee name Oochalata ), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Charles Collins Thompson (1898–1983), Texas judge, attorney, banker and rancher Charles E. Thompson (1889–1986), member of the Mississippi Senate Charles Edwin Thompson (1890–1966), Canadian politician Charles H. Thompson (Florida politician) (1843 - ?), Baptist minister and state legislator for Columbia County 1873-1875, also

117-599: The end of the wood, instead of in the direction of the grain, and using the graver instead of the knife. The atelier he opened in 1817 instructed numerous French students. Thompson died at Bourg-la-Reine , near Paris, on 19 May 1843, and his widow was granted a pension by the French government. Thompson produced illustration's for Samuel Weller Singer 's 1817 edition of Torquato Tasso , in Edward Fairfax 's translation; and for Singer's Shakespeare (1826). In

130-633: The late 1950s before heading his own quartet in 1959. In the early 1960s, he toured Europe and Canada with Buck Clayton. Thompson was in Europe again in 1964, with Jazz at the Philharmonic , and in 1967 for the show Jazz from a Swinging Era . "Living variously on the West Coast, where he often worked with Vernon Alley, and in Toronto, Paris, and Zurich, he continued to lead small groups through

143-410: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Thompson&oldid=1160378394 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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156-513: The southeastern part of the state. Later Thompson attended a Kansas City high school. By the age of twelve, Thompson was playing private parties with Bennie Moten and his band in Colorado Springs, Colorado . During this time, Count Basie played off and on with Moten's band. During a show, Basie called Thompson up to perform. He was dubbed "Sir Charles Thompson" by Lester Young . Thompson chiefly worked with small groups, including

169-635: Was a British wood-engraver, who made a career in France. A younger brother of John Thompson , he was born in London. He was a pupil of John Bewick and Allen Robert Branston , and became a wood-engraver In 1816 Thompson found work in Paris, where he executed illustrations to many publications. His work was admired, and in 1824 he was awarded a gold medal. He introduced into France the English method of carving

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