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Charlie Drayton was born on 5 May, 1919 in United States, is an American musician. Discover Charlie Drayton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 34 years old?

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Age 34 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 5 May, 1919
Birthday 5 May
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Date of death 31 July 1953 Los Angeles
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Nationality United States

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1907

Both parents were born in Bridgetown, Barbados, and immigrated to the United States from Barbados – both arriving in the Port of New York in 1907.

Drayton arrived June 7, 1907, aboard the SS Parima and Bynoe arrived October 29, 1907, aboard the SS Soldier Prince. They married in Manhattan October 24, 1912.

1919

Charles Henderson Drayton (5 May 1919 Brooklyn, New York – 31 July 1953 Los Angeles) was an American jazz bassist who performed and recorded from the late 1930s until his death with artists that include Louis Jordan, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Pete Brown, Ben Webster, Joan Edwards, Timmie Rogers, Savannah Churchill, the Basin Street Boys, Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Julia Lee, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Russell Jacquet, Marion Abernathy, The Treniers, Billy Taylor, Helen Humes, and Teddy Bunn.

Drayton was born May 5, 1919, in Brooklyn to George Leslie Drayton (1889–1946) and Albertha Eugena Bynoe (1885–1979).

1920

Lois' brother, "Red" Minor William Robinson (1920–2008), was a Los Angeles-based jazz drummer.

1922

Charlie Drayton married Lois Ola Robinson (maiden; 1922–1997), who had been Pearl Bailey's hairdresser.

1938

Drayton's performances — including the known fifty-two jazz recording sessions from 1938 to 1953 — with artists at the vanguard of bebop during the height of its development, placed him in the flow of many historic settings in jazz that marked the careers of musicians.

1941

One of their sons, Bernard "Bernie" Drayton (born 1941), is a studio audio engineer and producer of recording artists and jingles.

1944

In one such setting, Drayton was the bassist for Ben Webster's first recording session — February 8, 1944, World Broadcasting Systems, New York City — with Hot Lips Page (trumpet), Clyde Hart (piano), Denzil Best (drums).

That session has been released multiple times.

1946

In 1946, he played several times with artists at Jazz at the Philharmonic.

1965

Charlie Drayton's grandson, Charley Drayton (born 1965), is a drummer.

Drayton's death certificate states that he died at the Los Angeles County General Hospital at 1200 North State Street in East Los Angeles after an apparent attempt to commit suicide from strychnine poisoning that he had ingested at his home in South Park neighborhood of Los Angeles at 451 East 48th Street.

1967

He was the audio engineer of John Coltrane's last recording, April 23, 1967, The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording. Another son, Leslie Clem Drayton (born 1950), is a professional trumpet player and arranger in the Los Angeles area who also has been an advisor to the Live Music Movement Foundation since its inception in 2011.

Leslie was a founding member of Earth, Wind & Fire.

1993

A 1993 release on CD is titled The Horn, by Progressive Records.