CHARLIE BURRELL - the Jackie Robinson of Bass

#bass #history #americansymphony #trailblazer #blackhistory #YouTubeBlack #paulthompson Chances are, you don't know this name, but you should! Charles Burrell broke down the doors to classical music and blazed a career in both Jazz and classical music that few outside of Denver, Colorado may know about. His story from Detroit to the Denver Symphony to the San Francisco Symphony and back is amazing and needs to be heard to be believed. Let's talk about the legacy of Charlie Burrell and the legacy of the African-American Orchestra bassist today with help from (and many thanks to) Rick Robinson (Detroit), Jeff Grubbs (Pittsburgh), Kevin Mauldin (Naples) and ‪@josephconyers7854‬ (Philadelphia). Rick Robinson - http://www.cuttime.com Jeff Grubbs - http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/bio... Kevin Mauldin - http://www.artisnaples.org/naples-phi... Joseph Conyers - http://www.philorch.org/your-philorch... Website - http://www.paulthompson.us Instagram @pdbass74 Twitter @pdbass74