Charles Fambrough

Charles Fambrough (August 25, 1950 – January 1, 2011) was an American jazz bassist, composer and record producer from Philadelphia.
 

Fambrough was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers during the early 1980s. He also played with McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Airto Moreira, and Shirley Scott, among many other notable musicians.
 

Suffering from kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension, he died in 2011 at the age of 60.