CHARLIE VENTURA

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A fine swing-oriented tenor saxophonist, Ventura is best-remembered for his attempt at popularizing bebop during the tail end of the music's mid- to late-'40s heyday. Born Charles Venturo, he came from a large, musically inclined family. His first instrument was C-melody sax. He switched to alto before eventually settling on tenor. Ventura left his day job at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1942 to join Gene Krupa's band. He became a featured soloist with Krupa, playing with the drummer from 1942-1943 and 1944-1946 (working in the interim with guitarist/bandleader Teddy Powell). Ventura achieved considerable popularity while with Krupa, winning a Down Beat magazine award as best tenor saxophonist in 1945. He started his own big band in 1946 with middling results. He had more success fronting a small band, one version of which included trumpeter Conte Candoli, trombonist Bennie Green, alto saxophonist Boots Mussulli, drummer Ed Shaughnessy, and vocalists Jackie read more...
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CHARLIE VENTURA Charlie Ventura Plays Duke Ellington For Dancing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Ventura Plays Duke Ellington For Dancing
Bop 1950
CHARLIE VENTURA Stomping With The Sax album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stomping With The Sax
Bop 1950
CHARLIE VENTURA Charlie Ventura album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Ventura
Bop 1953
CHARLIE VENTURA The Charlie Ventura Quartet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Charlie Ventura Quartet
Bop 1953
CHARLIE VENTURA F.Y.I. album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
F.Y.I.
Bop 1954
CHARLIE VENTURA Another Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Another Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
Bop 1954
CHARLIE VENTURA Jumping With Ventura album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jumping With Ventura
Bop 1955
CHARLIE VENTURA In a Jazz Mood album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In a Jazz Mood
Bop 1956
CHARLIE VENTURA The New Charlie Ventura In Hi-Fi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The New Charlie Ventura In Hi-Fi
Bop 1956
CHARLIE VENTURA Blue Saxophones album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blue Saxophones
Bop 1956
CHARLIE VENTURA Charlie Ventura Plays Hi-Fi Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Ventura Plays Hi-Fi Jazz
Bop 1957
CHARLIE VENTURA Adventure with Charlie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Adventure with Charlie
Bop 1957
CHARLIE VENTURA Here's Charlie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Here's Charlie
Bop 1957
CHARLIE VENTURA East Of Suez album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
East Of Suez
Bop 1958
CHARLIE VENTURA Plays for the People album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays for the People
Bop 1960
CHARLIE VENTURA Chazz 77 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chazz 77
Bop 1977

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CHARLIE VENTURA For Boppers Only album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
For Boppers Only
Bop 1955

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CHARLIE VENTURA Gene Norman Presents a Charlie Ventura Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gene Norman Presents a Charlie Ventura Concert
Bop 1949
CHARLIE VENTURA An Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall
Bop 1954
CHARLIE VENTURA Charlie Ventura and His Band in Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Ventura and His Band in Concert
Bop 1954
CHARLIE VENTURA Charlie Ventura's Carnegie Hall Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Ventura's Carnegie Hall Concert
Bop 1955
CHARLIE VENTURA Memorable Concerts album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Memorable Concerts
Bop 1975

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CHARLIE VENTURA It's All Bop To Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's All Bop To Me
Bop 1955
CHARLIE VENTURA Birdland album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Birdland
Big Band 1972
CHARLIE VENTURA Charlie Ventura & Bill Harris : Live at The Three Deuces album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Ventura & Bill Harris : Live at The Three Deuces
Bop 1994
CHARLIE VENTURA The Chronological Classics: Charlie Ventura 1945-1946 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Charlie Ventura 1945-1946
Bop 1999
CHARLIE VENTURA High On An Open Mike album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
High On An Open Mike
Bop 2001
CHARLIE VENTURA Bop for the People album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bop for the People
Bop 2002
CHARLIE VENTURA Charlie Ventura & Bill Harris : Live at The Three Deuces Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Ventura & Bill Harris : Live at The Three Deuces Vol. 2
Bop 2002
CHARLIE VENTURA The Chronological Classics: Charlie Ventura 1951-1953 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Charlie Ventura 1951-1953
Bop 2004
CHARLIE VENTURA The Complete Pasadena Concert 1949 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Pasadena Concert 1949
Bop 2010

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Dark Eyes / Ever So Thoughful
Bop 1945

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