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Samuel Charters

Samuel Barclay Charters IV (August 1, 1929 – March 18, 2015) was an American music historian, writer, record producer, musician, and poet. He was a widely published author on the subjects of blues and jazz. He also wrote fiction.

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Alma mater
Sacramento City College University of California, Berkeley
Born
Samuel Barclay Charters IV (1929-08-01)August 1, 1929 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Children
3
Died
March 18, 2015(2015-03-18) (aged 85) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupations
Music historian · writer · record producer · musician · poet

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Samuel Charters

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Triples139
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
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Samuel Charters

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related to Publications · 110
Samuel Charters → African Diaspora, American Underground Poetry Since, An African Search, An Imaginary Memoir, An Index, An Informal Study, Andrea Wyatt, Ann Charters, Art, Bebo Valdés, Berkeley, Blues, Blues Faces, Blues Road, Blues Writing, Boston, Boyars, Calder, Co-edited, Coffee House Press
related to External links · 9
Samuel Charters → BooksFinding, Connecticut Archives, Don Swaim, London, Samuel Charters Literary Manuscripts, Special Collections, Treasure Hunt, University, Wired
Occupations · 5
Samuel Charters → Music historian, musician, poet, record producer, writer
related to Further reading · 5
Samuel Charters → Exploring Samuel Charters, January, Larry Hoffman, Living Blues Magazine, Vol
Alma mater · 1
Samuel Charters → Sacramento City College University of California, Berkeley
Born · 1
Samuel Charters → Samuel Barclay Charters IV (1929-08-01)August 1, 1929 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Children · 1
Samuel Charters → 3
Died · 1
Samuel Charters → March 18, 2015(2015-03-18) (aged 85) Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse · 1
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records blues charters music new folkways jazz sonet york country ann berkeley vol vanguard press recordings 1959 first orleans prestige

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Samuel ChartersAlma materSacramento City College University of California, Berkeley1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersBornSamuel Barclay Charters IV (1929-08-01)August 1, 1929 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersChildren31.00infobox
Samuel ChartersDiedMarch 18, 2015(2015-03-18) (aged 85) Stockholm, Sweden1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersOccupationsMusic historian1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersOccupationswriter1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersOccupationsrecord producer1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersOccupationsmusician1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersOccupationspoet1.00infobox
Samuel ChartersSpouse.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria…1.00infobox
Charley Pattoninstance ofsomething that ran through the lyrics of early artists0.80text
Blind Willie McTellinstance ofsomething that ran through the lyrics of early artists0.80text

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