Charli Persip

Charli Persip’s nearly forty-year mission includes distinguished residencies with Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Eckstine, as well as gigs and record dates with Tadd Dameron, Frank Foster, Eric Dolphy, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane and many others. Persip was the drummer on the legendary “Eternal Triangle” recording featuring Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. He is currently an Associate Professor at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in Manhattan and a drum and music instructor for Jazzmobile Inc.