Charles Covington

Who is Charles Covington?

Charles Covington is an American jazz pianist and a U.S. Life Master in chess. His United States Chess Federation rating is 2215. He currently is a professor of jazz piano at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Charles Covington, Jr., is a professor of music at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. The pianist has been the featured performer for President Carter at the White House and with George Benson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Covington's career includes celebrity performances with the likes of 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.

The music director for "Jazz at Harbor Place" in Baltimore, Mr. Covington is also one of the top ten black chess players in America and has a "Life Master" status granted by the United States Chess Federation.