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Chuck Flores was born Charles Walter Flores on January 5, 1935 in Orange, California, and grew up in Santa Ana, California. Best known for his work with saxophonist Bud Shank in the 1950s, he also had a two-year stint with Woody Herman from 1954 to 1955.
Throughout his career Chuck performed and recorded with, among others, Carmen McRae, Art Pepper, Maynard Ferguson, Al Cohn, and Shelly Manne. His drum teacher Manne and others considered him an underrated drummer.
In his later years, Flores became a highly sought after and renowned educator who was a longtime faculty member at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California.
A few of his students were Danny Seraphine, Chad Wackerman, John Wackerman, Brooks Wackerman, Ray Mehlbaum, Pete Parada, Jamie Wollam, Jose Ruiz and Zack Stewart.
Drummer Chuck Flores, who was one of the relatively small number of musicians associated with West Coast jazz who were actually from the West Coast, transitioned on November 24, 2016.
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Three Wishes
The question was posed to Charlie Persip by Pannonica and he gave a response to his three wishes as:
- “Money, money, money.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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David Lee, Jr. born January 4, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana played professionally from his early teens. While serving in the U. S. Army, he was a member in several bands. In 1969, he co-founded the New Orleans Jazz Workshop.
In 1969 Dizzy Gillespie brought Lee into his band and soon after he was working with Roy Ayers in 1971 and Sonny Rollins for three years beginning in 1972. The Rollins recordings were hard swinging but included the plethora of tempos of the Seventies.
Forming a quartet but never recording as a leader, he continued to work as a sideman. On August 4, 2021, drummer and composer David Lee, who recorded Yoshiaki Masuo, Charlie Rouse, Lonnie Liston Smith and Richard Wyands among others, transitioned at 80 years of age.
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Three Wishes
Nica’s inquiry of Walter Lee Bolden as to his three wishes if granted, he told her:
- “I’d like to straighten out my personal life.”
- “I’d like to be among the greats, as far as my career is concerned.”
- “And then I want to be able to live comfortably.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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John Baptiste “Bat” Mosley was born on December 22, 1893 in Algiers, Louisiana, and was the brother of drummer Edgar Mosley. His father played guitar but began the youngster playing drums at age nine when he gave him a snare drum. He and his father would make money playing around town together.
Bat, however, did not work professionally until about 1923, and started with Tom Albert, then Joe Harris’ Royal Jazz Band, and later with Kid Howard. Throughout his career he also performed regularly with brass bands, including Kid Rena’s, Henry Allen’s, and the Eureka.
Drummer Bat Mosley passed away on July 28, 1965 in Algiers.
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