Charlie Shavers – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Charlie Shavers was a jazz musician who played trumpet. Charlie Shavers was born on 3 August 1920 in New York City and died on 8 July 1971 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: MGM Records. The discography here lists 7 albums, from “Gershwin, Shavers and Strings” (1955) to “Charlie Digs Paree” (2011).

Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) 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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Gershwin, Shavers and Strings 1955 · Bethlehem Records Horn O'Plenty 1955 · Bethlehem Records Here Comes Charlie 1960 · Everest Records The Last Session 1982 · Armando Curcio Editore

The Complete Charlie Shavers with Maxine Sullivan 1999

Charlie Digs Paree 2011

I Forgot to Remember

Also plays on

Albums where Charlie Shavers is credited as a sideman

1952	Billie Holiday Sings — Billie Holiday	trumpet
1952	Solitude — Billie Holiday	trumpet
1953	The Astaire Story — Fred Astaire	trumpet, instruments
1954	Billie Holiday — Billie Holiday	trumpet
1954	B.G. in Hi-Fi — Benny Goodman	trumpet
1956	Lady Sings the Blues — Billie Holiday	trumpet, trombone
1956	The Hawk in Hi-Fi — Coleman Hawkins with Billy Byers & His Orchestra	trumpet
1956	Blue Moon — Carmen McRae	trumpet
1957	The Swingin’ Miss “D” — Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	trumpet
1957	The Volcanic — Candido	trumpet
1958	Stay With Me — Billie Holiday	trumpet
1959	Hawk Eyes — Coleman Hawkins	trumpet
1960	The Drum Battle — Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich	trumpet
1963	Any Number Can Win — Jimmy Smith	trumpet
1967	Sassy Swings Again — Sarah Vaughan	trumpet
1974	52nd Street; Volume 2 — Coleman Hawkins, Nat Jaffe, Ben Webster & Don Byas	trumpet
1990	Jam Session — Charlie Parker	trumpet
1990	Masterpieces of Sarah Vaughan — Sarah Vaughan	trumpet
1995	The Yale University Music Library - Benny Goodman - Volumes 9 and 10 — Benny Goodman	trumpet
1997	How High the Moon? — Teddy Wilson	trumpet
1999	Songs for Hip Lovers — Woody Herman	trumpet
1999	Torchy / Blue Moon — Carmen McRae	trumpet
2002	Super Session — Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges & Flip Philipp	trumpet
2020	Plays Cole Porter — Charlie Parker	trumpet
2023	Hawk Eyes — Coleman Hawkins	trumpet
—	The Irving Berlin Songbook — Fred Astaire	trumpet
—	The Exciting Gene Krupa — Gene Krupa	trumpet

Standards written by Charlie Shavers

Title	Key	Form	Groove
Undecided	C major	AABA · 32	Medium-up swing

Analysed solos by Charlie Shavers

Limehouse Bluestrumpet · 269 BPM · Ab-maj · 1941-09-13

Teacher of

Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993 · American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)

Historic 78 rpm records

Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues; Bugle Call Rag Earl Hines · Paul Baron's Sextet · Paul Baron and his Orchestra ·… archive.org ↗
BOOGIE WOOGIE ON ST. LOUIS BLUES; BUGLE CALL RAG Earl Hines · Paul Baron and his Orchestra · Paul Baron's Sextet ·… archive.org ↗
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME The "King" · Charlie Shavers · Buddy Rich · Herbie Haymer · John… archive.org ↗
SWINGING ON CENTRAL The "King" · Charlie Shavers · Buddy Rich · Herbie Haymer · John… archive.org ↗
CURRY IN A HURRY CHARLIE SHAVERS QUINTET · Charlie Shavers · Earl Hines · Tab Smith ·… archive.org ↗
STARDUST CHARLIE SHAVERS QUINTET · Charlie Shavers · Earl Hines · Tab Smith ·… archive.org ↗
Capital Idea The Gene Krupa Sextet · Gene Krupa · Charlie Shavers · Willie Smith… archive.org ↗
ROSETTA Charlie Shavers · Trummie Young · Don Byas · Ernie Caceres · Bill… archive.org ↗