Shavers, National Studios, May 1947 Photography by William P. Gottlieb
Background information
Birth name
Charles James Shavers
Born
(1917-08-03)August 3, 1917 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died
July 8, 1971(1971-07-08) (aged 53) New York City
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
arranger
Instrument(s)
Trumpet
Musical artist
Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1917[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]
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and conducted by Potts, featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Art Farmer, CharlieShavers, Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Evans, and others...
there until 1956, accompanying many leading players such as Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Sonny Stitt. Davis and Sonny Rollins both liked...
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