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Truck Parham

b, 1911-2002 US, Chicago
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Charles Valdez Parham

Charles Valdez "Truck" Parham (January 25, 1911 – June 5, 2002) was an American jazz double-bassist.Parham played professional sports early in his career; he was a boxer and played football with the Chicago Negro All Stars. He played drums before settling on bass, and studied under Walter Page. He played in the Midwest territory band of Zack Whyte in 1932-34, playing primarily in Cincinnati. After returning to Chicago, he played with Zutty Singleton, Roy Eldridge (1936–38), Art Tatum, and Bob Shoffner in the 1930s. In 1940 he joined Earl Hines's orchestra, where he remained for two years; in 1942 he was hired by Jimmie Lunceford and played with him until 1947.

     
Instruments
  • Bass
  • Double bass
  • Bass guitar
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Blues

Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Hodes' ArtArt Hodes With Raymond Burke - Pops Foster - Truck Parham - Barrett Deems - Volly De Faut - George Brunies - Nap Trottier1975Album
Bill Bachmann Plays and Plays and PlaysBill Bachmann, Dan Williams, Jerry Fuller, Ed Oliver, Bob Stone, Truck Parham1974Album
Plain Old BluesArt Hodes & Truck ParhamAlbum
Plain Old BluesArt Hodes & Truck ParhamAlbum
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