Charlie Audern

A film director once said that you can't make a great film with a weak script. The same goes for bands of any kind be it jazz or rock or any kind. You can't have a great band without a great drummer. A band can get by with an average bassist or guitarist, but not with an average drummer. It's the heartbeat of any band. One of the things that has made the band Rolling Stones what they are is drummer Charlie Watts and his exceptional and unusual drumming skills. For more than 50 years, Watts has been the propulsive engine that has driven this juggernaut.

Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 2, 1999) was an American jazz guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, he collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music.

Charlie Parker with Strings is the name of two separate albums by jazz musician Charlie Parker, released in 1950 on Mercury Records.

Charlie Watts' Live at Fulham Town Hall' captures a remarkable moment in the legendary drummer's life and shows his long-cherished dream of leading his own jazz orchestra.

Vince Guaraldi was a well-respected jazz pianist whose greatest success came from avenues usually closed to contemporary jazz artists: he enjoyed a hit single at a time when jazz had largely been exiled from the pop charts, and he scored a series of very successful animated television specials (namely the Charlie Brown seasonal specials scores and soundtracks for which his name has become synonymous), a medium where cookie-cutter pop music was traditionally the order of the day.

Charlie Parker's classic album West Coast Time showcases the legendary saxophonist at the height of his creative powers.

Charlie Lovell-Jones debuted at a sold-out Royal Festival Hall aged 15.

Charlie Parker Records presents Bird's 1950 classic Royal Roost Bop, a collection of 16 originals and standards.

Charlie Harris, an emerging singer-songwriter, has released a new album DIGITAL DUST (SIDE B), the follow-up to his debut album SIDE A.

Charlie Parker Records presents Bird & Diz, the 1951 classic collaboration between Bird and trumpet-player Dizzy Gillespie, presenting 13 tracks of originals and standards.