Charlie Rouse

Charlie Rouse (April 6, 1924 – November 30, 1988) was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist. His career is marked by his collaboration with Thelonious Monk, which lasted for more than ten years.

Biography
Rouse was born in Washington, D.C., United States. At first he worked with the clarinet, before turning to the tenor saxophone.

Rouse began his career with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra in 1944, followed by the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band in 1945, the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1949 to 1950, the Count Basie Octet in 1950, Bull Moose Jackson And His Buffalo Bearcats in 1953, and the Oscar Pettiford Sextet in 1955. He made his recording debut with Tadd Dameron in 1947, and in 1957 made a notable album with Paul Quinichette.

He was a member of Thelonious Monk's quartet from 1959 to 1970. In the 1980s he was a founding member of the group Sphere, which began as a tribute to Monk.

Charlie Rouse died from lung cancer on November 30, 1988, at University Hospital in Seattle at the age of 64.

Honors
The asteroid 10426 Charlierouse was officially named to honor Rouse by American astronomer Joe Montani of Spacewatch, who discovered it in 1999. Earlier, in 1994, asteroid 11091 Thelonious had also been discovered and named by Montani.

As leader
With Julius Watkins as Les Jazz Modes/The Jazz Modes With Sphere With The Stan Tracey Quartet
 * 1957: The Chase Is On (Bethlehem) with Paul Quinichette
 * 1958: Just Wailin' (New Jazz) with Herbie Mann, Kenny Burrell and Mal Waldron
 * 1960: Takin' Care of Business (Jazzland)
 * 1960: Yeah! (Epic) – reissued as Unsung Hero in 1990 with tracks from We Paid Our Dues
 * 1961: We Paid Our Dues (Epic) – shared LP with Seldon Powell
 * 1962: Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note)
 * 1973: Two Is One (Strata-East)
 * 1977: Cinnamon Flower (Casablanca) – also released as Brazil (Douglas Records)
 * 1977: Moment's Notice (Storyville)
 * 1981: The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society (Enja) - released 1985
 * 1984: Social Call (Uptown) with Red Rodney
 * 1988: Soul Mates (Uptown) with Sahib Shihab – released 1993
 * 1988: Epistrophy (Landmark)
 * 1956: Jazzville Vol. 1 (Dawn) – shared LP with Gene Quill-Dick Sherman Quintet
 * 1956: Les Jazz Modes (Dawn)
 * 1957: Mood in Scarlet (Dawn)
 * 1958: The Most Happy Fella (Atlantic)
 * 1959: The Jazz Modes (Atlantic)
 * Four in One (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
 * Flight Path (Elektra/Musician, 1983)
 * Sphere On Tour (Red, 1985)
 * Pumpkin's Delight (Red, 1986 [1993])
 * Four for All (Verve, 1987)
 * Bird Songs (Verve, 1988)
 * Playin' In The Yard (Steam, 1987)

As sideman
With Dave Bailey With Clifford Brown With Donald Byrd With Benny Carter With Sonny Clark With Art Farmer With Joe Gordon With Bennie Green With Hank Jones With Duke Jordan With Thelonious Monk With Oscar Pettiford With Louis Smith With Art Taylor With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson With Mal Waldron
 * Gettin' Into Somethin' (Epic, 1961)
 * Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953)
 * Byrd in Hand (Blue Note, 1959)
 * Further Definitions (Impulse 1961)
 * Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note 1961)
 * The Art Farmer Septet Prestige, (1953–54)
 * Introducing Joe Gordon (EmArcy, 1954)
 * Bennie Green Blows His Horn (Prestige, 1955)
 * Back on the Scene (Blue Note1958)
 * Groovin' High (Muse, 1978)
 * Les Liaisons Dangereuses (quintet) (Charlie Parker records 1962)
 * Duke's Delight (SteepleChase, 1975)
 * At Town Hall (Riverside, 1959)
 * 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
 * Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (Riverside, 1960)
 * Monk in France (Riverside, 1961)
 * Thelonious Monk in Italy (Riverside, 1961 [1963])
 * Monk in Copenhagen (1961)
 * Criss Cross (Columbia, 1962)
 * Monk's Dream (Columbia, 1963)
 * At Newport 1963 and 1965 (1963, 1965)
 * Monterey Jazz Festival '63 (1963)
 * Big Band and Quartet in Concert (Columbia, 1963)
 * It's Monk's Time (Columbia, 1964)
 * Monk (Columbia, 1964)
 * Live at the It Club (Columbia, 1964)
 * Live at the Jazz Workshop (Columbia, 1964)
 * Monk In Paris (1965)
 * Olympia, 6 Mars 1965 (1965)
 * Olympia, 7 Mars 1965 (1965)
 * Paris At Midnight (1965)
 * Straight, No Chaser (Columbia, 1966)
 * The Nonet – Live! (1967)
 * Underground (Columbia, 1968)
 * Palo Alto (recorded 1968, released on Impulse! Records 2020)
 * Monk's Blues (Columbia 1969)
 * Oscar Pettiford (Bethlehem, 1954)
 * Smithville (Blue Note, 1958)
 * Taylor's Wailers (Prestige 1957)
 * Taylor's Tenors (Prestige New Jazz 1959)
 * Clean Head's Back in Town (Bethlehem, 1957)
 * The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Soul Note, 1986)
 * The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Soul Note, 1986)