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Earland was born in Philadelphia , and learnt to play the saxophone at High School . He played Tenor with Jimmy McGriff at the age of seventeen, and in 1960 started his first group. He started playing the organ after playing with Pat Martino , and joined Lou Donaldson 's band from 1968 to 1969.

The group that he led from 1970, including Grover Washington , was successful, and he eventually started playing Soprano Saxophone and Synthesizer .

He died in Kansas City at the age of fifty-eight.


SOURCES AND EXTERNAL LINKS

  • Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. ''Jazz: The Rough Guide''. London: Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-528-3

  • Charles Earland — biographical sketch by Richard S. Ginell, for All Music Guide.