Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers was one of the great trumpeters to emerge during the swing era, a virtuoso with an open-minded and extroverted style along with a strong sense of humor. He originally played piano and banjo before switching to trumpet, and he developed very quickly. In 1935, he was with Tiny Bradshaw's band and two years later he joined Lucky Millinder's big band. Soon afterward he became a key member of John Kirby's Sextet where he showed his versatility by mostly playing crisp solos while muted. Shavers was in demand for recording sessions and participated on notable dates with New Orleans jazz pioneers Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, and Sidney Bechet. He also had many opportunities to write arrangements for Kirby and had a major hit with his composition "Undecided." After leaving Kirby in 1944, Charlie Shavers worked for a year with Raymond Scott's CBS staff orchestra, and then was an important part of Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra from 1945 until past TD's death in 1956. Although well-featured, this association kept Shavers out of the spotlight of jazz, but fortunately he did have occasional vacations in which he recorded with the Metronome All-Stars and toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic; at the latter's concerts in 1953, Shaver's trumpet battles with Roy Eldridge were quite exciting. After Dorsey's death, Shavers often led his own quartet although he came back to the ghost band from time to time. During the 1960s, his range and technique gradually faded, and Charlie Shavers died from throat cancer in 1971 at the age of 53.
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Black Hair
Charlie Shavers, Coleman Hawkins Quintet, Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins
Jazz - Paru chez Barber's Backstage le 26 nov. 2020
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The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Vol. 21)
Lionel Hampton, Charlie Shavers
Jazz - Paru chez Documents le 15 août 2005
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Blackbird
Charlie Shavers, Coleman Hawkins Quintet, Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins
Jazz - Paru chez Blackbird le 26 juil. 2022
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After All
Charlie Shavers, Coleman Hawkins Quintet, Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins
Jazz - Paru chez After all le 17 oct. 2022
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Complete Intimate Interpretation
Jazz - Paru chez Ascension Records le 17 mai 2022
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The One and Only: Charlie Shavers (Remastered)
Jazz - Paru chez Kateland le 4 avr. 2014
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One Of The Best Jazzman Ever
Jazz - Paru chez Golden Phonorecords le 29 janv. 2016
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Funny Time
Charlie Shavers, Dicky Wells, Sam Donahue
Jazz - Paru chez nagel heyer records le 6 août 2021
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Swingville Volume 23: Blue Stompin'
Hal Singer, Charlie Shavers, Bryan Ray
Jazz - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 1 janv. 1959
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Milestones of Legends Jazz Trumpets, Vol.1
Louis Armstrong, Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers, Emmet Berry, Harold Baker
Jazz - Paru chez Intense Media GmbH le 24 sept. 2021
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Deluxe Series Volume 67 (Bethlehem Collection) : Complete
Jazz - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 1 mai 2016
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Deluxe Series Volume 27 (Bethlehem Collection): Gershwin, Shavers and Strings
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez SINETONE AMR le 1 mai 2016
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1944-1945 (HD Remastered)
Jazz vocal - Paru chez Reborn recordings le 28 mars 2019
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Long Way Home
Jazz - Paru chez nagel heyer records le 24 sept. 2021
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Milestones of Jazz Saxophone Legends: Very Saxy, Vol. 1
Jazz - Paru chez Intense Media GmbH le 4 janv. 2019
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Don't Explain
Jazz - Paru chez nagel heyer records le 26 févr. 2019
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