Charles McGhee

American jazz trumpeter and composer.
Trumpeter, composer and educator, McGee graduated from Jackson State University with a B.A. in Music in 1966. He soon made a name for himself in New York, playing with many jazz stars, including Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Max Roach and Archie Shepp, who took McGee to Europe as part of his big band. McGee also made several television appearances on variety shows like The Ed Sullivan Show. For his outstanding achievements as an artist and as an educator, McGee won grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer, as well as the first Louis Armstrong Scholarship. He also worked with : Pearl Bailey, Lionel Hampton, Lou Rawls, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Frank Foster, Dona Carter and Eubie Blake.

Born : October 10, 1942 in Laurel, Mississippi.
Died : September 05, 2002 in New York City, New York.