Charlie Shavers

Charlie Shavers
Shavers, National Studios, May 1947 Photography by William P. Gottlieb
Shavers, National Studios, May 1947
Photography by William P. Gottlieb
Background information
Birth nameCharles James Shavers
Born(1917-08-03)August 3, 1917
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 8, 1971(1971-07-08) (aged 53)
New York City
GenresJazz
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • arranger
InstrumentTrumpet

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]

  1. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Kernfeld, Barry Dean, 1950-. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1994. p. 1107. ISBN 0333632311. OCLC 30516743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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