Results for "Charles "Bobo" Shaw"

Charles "Bobo" Shaw

Born: September 5, 1947

Charles "Bobo" Shaw 1947-2017

January 17, 2017

Charles Wesley “Bobo" Shaw, a St. Louis drummer who helped found the Black Artists Group, co-led the Human Arts Ensemble, and played with many prominent jazz and creative musicians of the past half-century, has died at a nursing care facility in St. Louis. He was 69 years old. St. Louis trumpeter, arts administrator and impresario George ...

Solidarity Unit, Inc.: Red Black & Green

by Clifford Allen
May 7, 2009

Solidarity Unit, Inc. Red Black & Green Eremite 2009 Though it certainly had an impact on the landscape of creative music in the 1970s and 1980s as well as it does today, the vanguard improvisation scene in St. Louis isn't as discussed as it should be. The Black Artists Group ...