What’s New Sir Charles Thompson 1964

What’s New - Sir Charles Thompson 1964. Sir Charles Thompson - piano (b. 1918) In 1940 he was briefly with Lionel Hampton’s big band but preferred small group work, although he regularly wrote arrangements for musicians including Count Basie and Jimmy Dorsey. During the 40s and 50s Thompson worked with leading jazzmen such as Lester Young (who bestowed upon him the title by which he was subsequently known), Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet and Buck Clayton, the last an especially important mus