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Charlie Shavers
Birth name Charles James Shavers Born (1917-08-03 ) August 3, 1917Died July 8, 1971(1971-07-08) (aged 53 ) Genres Jazz Occupation(s )
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Instrument(s ) Trumpet
Musical artist
Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1917[1] [2] [3] jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie , Nat King Cole , Roy Eldridge , Johnny Dodds , Jimmie Noone , Sidney Bechet , Midge Williams , Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday . He was also an arranger and composer, and one of his compositions, "Undecided ", is a jazz standard .[2]
Career
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Shavers's father, a distant relative of Fats Navarro , was from the Shavers family of Key West, Florida . Charlie Shavers was a cousin of heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers . Born in New York City, he took up piano and banjo before switching to trumpet.[2] Tiny Bradshaw and Lucky Millinder . In 1935, he played in the trumpet section with Dizzy Gillespie and Carl (Bama) Warwick in Frankie Fairfax's Campus Club Orchestra .[4] John Kirby 's Sextet as trumpet soloist and arranger. He was only 16, but gave his birth date as 1917 to avoid child labor laws;[3] [2]
Shavers's arrangements and solos helped make the band one of the most commercially successful and imitated of its day. In 1937, he performed with Midge Williams and her Jazz Jesters . In 1944, he began playing sessions in Raymond Scott 's CBS staff orchestra. In 1945, he left John Kirby 's band to join Tommy Dorsey 's Orchestra, with whom he toured and recorded, off and on, until Dorsey's passing in 1956. In 1949, he sang and played the hit "The Hucklebuck" with the Dorsey Orchestra.[5] Metronome All-Stars , and made a number of recordings as trumpet soloist with Billie Holiday. From 1953 to 1954, he worked with Benny Goodman and toured Europe with Norman Granz 's popular Jazz at the Philharmonic series, where he was a crowd favorite. He formed his own band with Terry Gibbs and Louie Bellson .
Shavers died from throat cancer in New York in 1971 at the age of 53. His friend Louis Armstrong died while Shavers was on his deathbed, and his last request was that his trumpet mouthpiece be buried with Armstrong.[6] [7]
Discography
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As leader
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Horn o' Plenty (Bethlehem , 1954)
Gershwin, Shavers and Strings (Bethlehem, 1954)
The Most Intimate (Bethlehem, 1955)
The Complete Charlie Shavers with Maxine Sullivan (Bethlehem, 1957)
Trumpets All Out with Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Emmet Baker, Harold Baker (Savoy, 1957)
Hawk Eyes with Coleman Hawkins, Tiny Grimes (Prestige, 1959)
Blue Stompin' Hal Singer (Prestige, 1959)
Charlie Digs Paree (MGM , 1959)
Girl Of My Dreams (Everest, 1960) later reissued on Everest as Out Of Nowhere
Like Charlie (Everest, 1960)
Here Comes Charlie (Everest, 1961)
The Music from Milk and Honey with Wild Bill Davis (Everest, 1961)
Excitement Unlimited (Capitol , 1963)
At Le Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris (Everest, 1964)
Kicks! with Nat King Cole, Buddy Rich, (Fontana, 1966)
Paris Jazz (Sunset, 1967) compilation from his Girl Of My Dreams and At Le Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris records
The Last Session (Black & Blue , 1970)
Trumpet Man (Phoenix Jazz, 1978)
Live at the London House (Hep, 1980)
Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Trumpet Battle 195 2 (Verve, 1983)
A Man and His Music (Storyville, 1985)
Live from Chicago (Spotlite, 1985)
As sideman
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With Fred Astaire
The Astaire Story #1 (Mercury, 1954)
The Astaire Story #2 (Mercury, 1954)
The Astaire Story #3 (Mercury, 1954)
The Astaire Story #4 (Mercury, 1954)
With Count Basie
The Count! Clef , 1955)
Count Basie and His Band That Swings the Blues (American Recording Society, 1956)
Basie Rides Again (Verve, 1957)
A Portrait of an Orchestra (Verve, 1965)
With Louis Bellson
With Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey (RCA, 1957)
Tribute to Dorsey Vol. 2 (RCA Victor 1957)
Tommy Dorsey's Greatest Band (20th Century Fox, 1959)
This Is Tommy Dorsey and His Greatest Band Volume 1 (20th Century Fox, 1964)
With Lionel Hampton
Stardust (Decca, 1954)
Lionel Hampton with the Just Jazz All Stars (GNP, 1955)
Gene Norman Presents Just Jazz (Decca, 1958)
With Coleman Hawkins
With Billie Holiday
An Evening with Billie Holiday (Clef, 1953)
Lady Sings the Blues
Solitude (Clef, 1956)
The Unforgettable Lady Day (Verve, 1959)
The Mellow Side of Billie Holiday (Verve, 1967)
With Charlie Ventura
An Evening with Mary Ann McCall and Charlie Ventura (Norgran, 1955)
Jumping with Ventura (EmArcy, 1955)
Charlie Ventura's Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia, 1956)
East of Suez (Regent, 1958)
With others
Red Allen , Cozy Cole, Jazz at the Metropole Cafe (Bethlehem, 1955)
Steve Allen , Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
Louis Armstrong , I Love Jazz! (Decca, 1962)
Louis Armstrong, Town Hall (RCA Victor, 1957)
Mildred Bailey , Her Greatest Performances 1929–1946 (Columbia, 1962)
Charlie Barnet , Cherokee (Everest, 1958)
Sidney Bechet , Bechet of New Orleans (RCA Victor 1965)
Don Byas , Jazz...Free and Easy (Regent, 1957)
Cándido Camero , The Volcanic (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
Cándido Camero, Latin Fire (ABC-Paramount, 1959)
Tadd Dameron , The Magic Touch
Ella Fitzgerald , The First Lady of Song (Decca, 1958)
Bud Freeman , Midnight at Eddie Condon's (EmArcy, 1955)
Stan Getz , Groovin' High (Modern, 1956)
Jackie Gleason , Jackie Gleason Presents Riff Jazz (Capitol, 1958)
Benny Goodman , The Hits of Benny Goodman (Capitol, 1963)
Woody Herman , Songs for Hip Lovers
Claude Hopkins , Music of the Early Jazz Dances (20th Fox, 1958)
Budd Johnson , Blues a la Mode
Budd Johnson, "Ya! Ya!" (Black and Blue, 1970)
Gene Krupa , The Exciting Gene Krupa (Clef, 1953)
Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , The Drum Battle
Metronome All-Stars , Metronome All-Stars (Harmony, 1957)
Rose Murphy , Jazz, Joy and Happiness (United Artists, 1962)
Frankie Ortega & Sy Oliver , 77 Sunset Strip and Other Selections (Jubilee, 1959)
Charlie Parker , The Charlie Parker Story Vol. 3 (Verve, 1957)
Oscar Peterson , At JATP (Verve, 1960)
Flip Phillips , Swinging with Flip (Clef, 1956)
Bill Potts , The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess (United Artists, 1959)
Don Redman , The Don Redman All-Stars Vol.2 (Sesac, 1960)
Della Reese , Melancholy Baby (Jubilee, 1957)
Buddy Rich , Buddy Rich at JATP (VSP, 1966)
Edgar Sampson , Swing Softly Sweet Sampson (Coral, 1957)
Phil Silvers , Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass
Jimmy Smith , Any Number Can Win
Maxine Sullivan , Leonard Feather Presents Maxine Sullivan–1956 (Period, 1956)
Maxine Sullivan, Leonard Feather Presents Maxine Sullivan Vol. II (Period, 1956)
Sarah Vaughan , Sassy Swings Again
Dinah Washington , The Swingin' Miss "D"
Dinah Washington, Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
Ernie Wilkins , The Big New Band of the 60's (Everest, 1960)
Teddy Wilson , Teddy Wilson & His All Star Jazz Sextette (Allegro, 1956)
Teddy Wilson, The Delicate Swing of Teddy Wilson (Polydor, 1968)
References
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^ a b Shavers, Charlie (1970). "Charlie Shavers: About the Size of It" (Interview). Interviewed by Les Tomkins . Retrieved November 4, 2011 .
^ Nelson, Nels (July 23, 1971). "No Sad Songs for Charlie". Philadelphia Daily News .
^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library" . Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved March 1, 2021 .
^ "Charlie Shavers, Trumpeter-Song Writer, Dead" . The New York Times . July 9, 1971. Retrieved October 24, 2023 .
^ Goodridge, David (19 April 2020). "Charlie Shavers" . National Jazz Archive . Retrieved October 24, 2023 .
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