Charlie Rouse (April 6, 1924 – November 30, 1988)[1] was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and flautist.

[1] Rouse began his career with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra in 1944, followed by the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band in 1945, the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1949 to 1950, the Count Basie Octet in 1950, Bull Moose Jackson And His Buffalo Bearcats in 1953, and the Oscar Pettiford Sextet in 1955.

[2] Charlie Rouse died from lung cancer on November 30, 1988, at University Hospital in Seattle at the age of 64.

[5] The asteroid 10426 Charlierouse was officially named to honor Rouse by American astronomer Joe Montani of Spacewatch, who discovered it in 1999.

[6] With Julius Watkins as Les Jazz Modes/The Jazz Modes With Sphere With The Stan Tracey Quartet With Dave Bailey With Clifford Brown With Donald Byrd With Benny Carter With Sonny Clark With Art Farmer With Joe Gordon With Bennie Green With Hank Jones With Duke Jordan With Thelonious Monk With Oscar Pettiford With Louis Smith With Art Taylor With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson With Mal Waldron