Charles Ables was born on July 23, 1943 in Mississippi and started out on his musical career playing the guitar. He worked with Ray Charles prior to switching to bass to become a member of the Shirley Horn Trio in the early Eighties. He would tour the world and record with her on Steeplechase and then Verve record labels over the next three decades

Ables is heard on guitar as well as bass on several of these, including You Won't Forget Me, which featured guest contributions from both Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis, Light…