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

  1. J.P. Vanderbilt IV
  2. Undecided
  3. Embraceable You
  4. Echoes Of Harlem
  5. Sweet Georgia Brown
  6. Royal Garden Blues
  7. Jack, I'm Mellow
  8. Zooming At the Zombie
  9. It Feels Good
  10. Prelude For Trumpet
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  1. Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider
  2. Blue Fantasy
  3. You've Changed
  4. Rehearsin' For a Nervous Breakdown
  5. Dawn on the Desert
  6. 20th Century Closet
  7. Comme Si, Comme CA
  8. Summertime
  9. Blue Skies
  10. Stealin' the Bean
  11. Coquette
  12. The Peanut Vendor
  13. Revolutionary Etude
  14. Beethoven Riffs On
  15. Opus 5
  16. Andiology
  17. Blues Petite
  18. Begin the Beguine
  19. I Love Paris
  20. Jumpin' In the Pump Room
  21. Moten Swing
  22. Rose Room
  23. Front And Center
  24. Can't We Be Friends?
  25. Dark Eyes
  26. If I Had a Ribbon Bow
  27. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
  28. Okay For Baby
  29. Amor
  30. El Salon De Gutbucket
  31. Swingtime In The Rockies
  32. The Best Things In Life Are Free
  33. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  34. Celery Stalks At Midnight
  35. She’s Funny That Way
  36. I'm In The Market For You
  37. Out Of Nowhere
  38. Back Home Again In Indiana
  39. Windy
  40. It's Delovely
  41. On The Sunny Side of The Street
  42. Taking A Chance On Love
  43. Stardust
  44. It's All Right With Me
  45. Molly Malone
  46. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  47. Deuce-A-Rini
  48. Flow Gently Sweet Rhythm
  49. Parade Of The Milk Bottle Caps
  50. I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
  51. serenade to a pair of nylons
  52. Let's Fall In Love
  53. Mam'selle
  54. In A Little Spanish Town
  55. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
  56. But Beautiful
  57. Dawn on the Desert (feat. Al Collins)
  58. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
  59. The Last Time I Saw Paris
  60. It Might As Well Be Spring
  61. Rosetta
  62. Stella By Starlight
  63. On The Spot
  64. Fly Me To The Moon
  65. Stormy Weather
  66. September In The Rain
  67. Blues For Choo Loos
  68. Loch Lomond
  69. Choppin' up Chopin
  70. Pennies From Heaven
  71. Stompin' At the Savoy
  72. My Old Kentucky Home
  73. Curry In A Hurry
  74. But Not for Me
  75. Ill Wind
  76. Three Little Words
  77. I Cover The Waterfront
  78. She's Funny That Way
  79. You're Driving Me Crazy
  80. Night and Day
  81. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
  82. One O'Clock Jump
  83. At The Fat Man's
  84. Bye Bye Blackbird
  85. What Is This Thing Called Love?
  86. Carioca
  87. Summertime (Live 1947/Carnegie Hall)
  88. Mr. Haydn Gets Hip
  89. My Man
  90. C'est Si Bon

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