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Charles "Charlie" Burrell

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SummaryBorn in 1920, Charles is often referred to as the “Jackie Robinson of classical music.” A bass player by trade, Burrell arrived in Denver in 1949 and broke the color barrier by being the first black person under contract with the Denver Symphony Orchestra. In 1959, he also became the first black performer to play in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Opera. He retired in 1999. He was a special inductee into the Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame in early 2017.Physical Description1 photographBorn-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBurrell, Charlie--AwardsAfrican American musiciansAfrican American orchestrial musiciansAfrican American jazz musiciansGeographic AreaColoradoCollectionCreating Your CommunityType of MaterialPortrait photographs; Black & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionBlacks in Colorado Hall of Fame CollectionLanguageeng

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Rights Statement<http:/rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/>Credit Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseNo

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