Charles Covington

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Charles Covington has performed internationally in Europe and China and has made numerous TV and radio appearances. He was the featured performer for President Carter at the White House and with George Benson on The Tonight Show.

Covington's impressive career includes celebrity performances with Sammy Davis, Jr., Eartha Kitt, Larry King, Henry Kissinger, Redd Foxx and Flip Wilson. He has also been in concert with Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Clark Terry, Milt Jackson, Eddie Harris, Zoot Simms, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, David "Fathead" Newman, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Herbie Hancock, Hank Jones, Dorothy Donnegan, Shirley Horn, B.B. King and Chuck Berry.

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In 1984-85 he served as producer and resident artist for “Jazz in the Marketplace” concert series at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor where he performed with many well-known guest artists. 

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Kennedy Center, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the Baltimore Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Montpelier Art Center,  the Eubie Blake Cultural Center and countless other venues outside the Baltimore area. Mr. Covington toured three years with George Benson, appeared on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and recorded The Shape of Things to Come. He can also be heard on numerous other recordings with J.J. Johnson, Ethel Ennis, O’Donel Levy, Nathan Page and other jazz artists. Mr. Covington was featured on the cover of Expo magazine as Jazz Musician of the Year in 1983.

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Jazz Pianist in Residence at the Kennedy Center, Mr. Covington is a world-renowned Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso and performs there on a regular basis. He served on the faculty at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory of Music from 1979 until 1999 and served recently as a full-time professor of music at Howard University in Washington, D.C. His biography was published in the sixth edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2000, the most respected publication in the nation recognizing and honoring the nation’s finest teachers.

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He is one of the top ten black chess players in America and has a "Life Master" status granted by the United States Chess Federation. Additionally he is a professional magician and has published a manuscript for magicians that is sold in magic shops nationwide. Mr. Covington has also competed in his weight class in weightlifting.