Charlie Shavers
About the artist
Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams and Billie Holiday. He was also an arranger and composer, and one of his compositions, "Undecided", is a jazz standard. Charlie Shavers' father was from the prominent Shavers family of Key West, Florida, and Charlie was a cousin of heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers.
Top songs
- J.P. Vanderbilt IV
- Undecided
- Embraceable You
- Echoes Of Harlem
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Royal Garden Blues
- Jack, I'm Mellow
- Zooming At the Zombie
- It Feels Good
- Prelude For Trumpet
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- Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider
- Blue Fantasy
- You've Changed
- Rehearsin' For a Nervous Breakdown
- Dawn on the Desert
- 20th Century Closet
- Comme Si, Comme CA
- Summertime
- Blue Skies
- Stealin' the Bean
- Coquette
- The Peanut Vendor
- Revolutionary Etude
- Beethoven Riffs On
- Opus 5
- Andiology
- Blues Petite
- Begin the Beguine
- I Love Paris
- Jumpin' In the Pump Room
- Moten Swing
- Rose Room
- Front And Center
- Can't We Be Friends?
- Dark Eyes
- If I Had a Ribbon Bow
- What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
- Okay For Baby
- Amor
- El Salon De Gutbucket
- Swingtime In The Rockies
- The Best Things In Life Are Free
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Celery Stalks At Midnight
- She’s Funny That Way
- I'm In The Market For You
- Out Of Nowhere
- Back Home Again In Indiana
- Windy
- It's Delovely
- On The Sunny Side of The Street
- Taking A Chance On Love
- Stardust
- It's All Right With Me
- Molly Malone
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- Deuce-A-Rini
- Flow Gently Sweet Rhythm
- Parade Of The Milk Bottle Caps
- I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
- serenade to a pair of nylons
- Let's Fall In Love
- Mam'selle
- In A Little Spanish Town
- I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
- But Beautiful
- Dawn on the Desert (feat. Al Collins)
- You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- Rosetta
- Stella By Starlight
- On The Spot
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Stormy Weather
- September In The Rain
- Blues For Choo Loos
- Loch Lomond
- Choppin' up Chopin
- Pennies From Heaven
- Stompin' At the Savoy
- My Old Kentucky Home
- Curry In A Hurry
- But Not for Me
- Ill Wind
- Three Little Words
- I Cover The Waterfront
- She's Funny That Way
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- Night and Day
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
- One O'Clock Jump
- At The Fat Man's
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Carioca
- Summertime (Live 1947/Carnegie Hall)
- Mr. Haydn Gets Hip
- My Man
- C'est Si Bon
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