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Charlie Shavers

January 20, 2023

Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1920[1] – July 8, 1971)[2][3] was an American 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]

Charlie Shavers
Shavers, National Studios, May 1947
Photography by William P. Gottlieb
Background information
Birth nameCharles James Shavers
Born(1920-08-03)August 3, 1920
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 8, 1971(1971-07-08) (aged 50)
New York City
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • arranger
Instrument(s)Trumpet

Career

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] In the mid-1930s, he performed with 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] In 1936, he joined 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] many biographies still list this date.[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] He can be seen as a member of Dorsey's Orchestra on numerous "Stage Show" telecasts for CBS, including early Elvis Presley appearances. During this time he also continued to play at CBS; he also appeared with the 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 50. His friend Louis Armstrong died while Shavers was on his deathbed, and his last request was that his trumpet mouthpiece be buried with Armstrong.

Discography

As leader

  • 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' with 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 1952 (Verve, 1983)
  • A Man and His Music (Storyville, 1985)
  • Live from Chicago (Spotlite, 1985)

As sideman

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 (Verve, 1956)
  • 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

References

  1. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Kernfeld, Barry Dean, 1950-. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1994. ISBN 0333632311. OCLC 30516743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Wynn, Ron (1994), Ron Wynn (ed.), All Music Guide to Jazz, M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov, San Francisco: Miller Freeman, p. 578, ISBN 0-87930-308-5
  3. ^ a b Shavers, Charlie (1970). "Charlie Shavers: About the Size of It" (Interview). Interviewed by Les Tomkins. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  4. ^ Nelson, Nels (July 23, 1971). "No Sad Songs for Charlie". Philadelphia Daily News.
  5. ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-01.

External links

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Charles James Shavers August 3 1920 1 July 8 1971 2 3 was an American 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 Charlie ShaversShavers National Studios May 1947 Photography by William P GottliebBackground informationBirth nameCharles James ShaversBorn 1920 08 03 August 3 1920New York City New York U S DiedJuly 8 1971 1971 07 08 aged 50 New York CityGenresJazzOccupation s MusiciancomposerarrangerInstrument s Trumpet Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2 1 As leader 2 2 As sideman 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditShavers 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 In the mid 1930s he performed with 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 In 1936 he joined 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 many biographies still list this date 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 He can be seen as a member of Dorsey s Orchestra on numerous Stage Show telecasts for CBS including early Elvis Presley appearances During this time he also continued to play at CBS he also appeared with the 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 50 His friend Louis Armstrong died while Shavers was on his deathbed and his last request was that his trumpet mouthpiece be buried with Armstrong Discography EditAs leader Edit 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 with 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 amp Blue 1970 Trumpet Man Phoenix Jazz 1978 Live at the London House Hep 1980 Jazz at the Philharmonic The Trumpet Battle 1952 Verve 1983 A Man and His Music Storyville 1985 Live from Chicago Spotlite 1985 As sideman Edit 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 Louis Bellson Quintet Norgran 1954 The Driving Louis Bellson Norgran 1955 The Hawk Talks Norgran 1956 Let s Call It Swing Verve 1958 Drummer s Holiday Verve 1959 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 The Hawk in Flight RCA Victor 1955 The Hawk in Hi Fi RCA Victor 1956 Hawk Eyes Prestige 1959 Rainbow Mist Delmark 1992 With Billie Holiday An Evening with Billie Holiday Clef 1953 Lady Sings the Blues Verve 1956 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 Candido Camero The Volcanic ABC Paramount 1957 Candido Camero Latin Fire ABC Paramount 1959 Tadd Dameron The Magic Touch Riverside 1962 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 Verve 1957 Claude Hopkins Music of the Early Jazz Dances 20th Fox 1958 Budd Johnson Blues a la Mode Felsted 1958 Budd Johnson Ya Ya Black and Blue 1970 Gene Krupa The Exciting Gene Krupa Clef 1953 Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich The Drum Battle Verve 1960 Metronome All Stars Metronome All Stars Harmony 1957 Rose Murphy Jazz Joy and Happiness United Artists 1962 Frankie Ortega amp 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 amp 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 Columbia 1957 Jimmy Smith Any Number Can Win Verve 1963 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 Mercury 1967 Dinah Washington The Swingin Miss D EmArcy 1957 Dinah Washington Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller Mercury 1959 Ernie Wilkins The Big New Band of the 60 s Everest 1960 Teddy Wilson Teddy Wilson amp His All Star Jazz Sextette Allegro 1956 Teddy Wilson The Delicate Swing of Teddy Wilson Polydor 1968 References Edit The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Kernfeld Barry Dean 1950 New York St Martin s Press 1994 ISBN 0333632311 OCLC 30516743 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link a b c d Wynn Ron 1994 Ron Wynn ed All Music Guide to Jazz M Erlewine V Bogdanov San Francisco Miller Freeman p 578 ISBN 0 87930 308 5 a b Shavers Charlie 1970 Charlie Shavers About the Size of It Interview Interviewed by Les Tomkins Retrieved 2011 11 04 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 2021 03 01 External links EditCharlie Shavers at Verve Music Group Charlie Shavers recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlie Shavers amp oldid 1109055658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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