Charles Tolliver
Jazz band from Jacksonville, FL · formed 1942
Charles Tolliver is a self-taught trumpeter, composer, and bandleader from Jacksonville, Florida, who began his professional career in 1964 with Jackie McLean. He is known for his distinctive trumpet style and for co-founding the Strata-East record label in 1970. Tolliver has performed with numerous jazz artists and leads the Music Inc quartet and a big band ensemble.
Automated summary by BandSlate from the band's website.

- Shows on record
- None on record
- Rooms played
- None on record
- Cities
- None on record
- Releases
- None on record
- Last show
- None on record
About
Charles Tolliver is a band from Jacksonville, FL, formed in 1942, tagged jazz by its sources. No dated shows are on record.
The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.
Shows
No past shows on record.
Where they play
No rooms on record.
Releases
No releases on record.
Discography
22 releases, 1969–2024- 2024Live at the Captain's CabinLive
Reel to Real · RTRCD014 · Engineer [Original Recording Engineer]: Jim Radzion; Executive-Producer: Cory Weeds; Executive-Producer: Peter Brooke; Executive-Producer: Raymon Torchinsky
- 2022ORF / 1968-69Album
WallenBink · WB014
- 2020Blue SoulSingle
- 2020ConnectAlbum
Gearbox Records · GB1561CD · Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By: Tony Platt; Mastered By: Caspar Sutton-Jones; Mastered By: Darrel Sheinman; Producer [Produced By]: Darrel Sheinman
- 2007Big Band With LoveAlbum
Blue Note · BLU 693152
- 2005Mosaic Select 20Compilation
Mosaic Records · MS-020
- 1998Live at Historic Slugs'Live
Charly Records · CDGR 232
- 1990Grand MaxLive
Black Lion · BLCD760145
- 1990Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo Vol.1Live
Strata-East · SECD 9003 · Engineer: Amadeus Reineck
- 1980CompassionAlbum
Strata-East · SES-8001
- 1978New TolliverAlbum
Baystate · RVJ-6025 · Executive-Producer: Yoshio Ozawa
- 1978The New BreedCompilation
ABC Impulse! · IA-9339/2 · Producer [Produced For Release], Liner Notes: Michael Cuscuna
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- 1976ImpactAlbum
Strata-East · SES-19757 · Engineer: George Klabin
- 1975Paper ManAlbum
Freedom · AL 1002 · Engineer: Orville O'Brien; Executive-Producer: Alan Bates
- 1974Live At The Loosdrechdt Jazz FestivalAlbum
Intercord · 28 433-1 Z · Engineer [Recording]: Cees Van Der Gracht
- 1974Live in TokyoLive
Trio · POCS-9303 · Engineer [Floor]: Shigehisa Nagao; Engineer [Recording]: Kunio Arai; Producer [Concert]: Toshinari Koinuma
- 1973Live At Slugs' Volume IIAlbum
Strata-East · PA-7064 · Engineer: Orville O'Brien
- 1972ImpactLive
Ward Records · TKCW-32128 · Producer, Design [Cover]: Horst Weber; Producer, Design [Cover]: Matthias Winckelmann; Recorded By: Jürgen Koppers
- 1972Live At Slugs' Volume 1Album
Strata-East · PA-7056 · Engineer: Orville O'Brien; Producer, Liner Notes: Charles Tolliver
- 1971Charles Tolliver and His All StarsAlbum
Polydor · 2460 139
- 1969The RingerAlbum
Black Lion · BLCD760174 · Engineer [Recording]: Carlos Olms; Producer: Alan Bates; Producer: Chris Whent
- n.d.Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo Vol.2Album
Compiled from MusicBrainz and Discogs. Releases not listed there are not shown.
Lineup
- Stanley Cowell
Airplay
No airplay on record.
Photos, art and posters

Sources & corrections
| Source | Used for |
|---|---|
| website | Photos |
This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.
From Wikipedia
These facts are from the English Wikipedia article Charles Tolliver. They are shown on their own and are not merged into the record above.
- Origin
- New York City
- Years active
- 1960–present
- Genres
- Jazz
- Labels
- Strata-East
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