Description:
Charlie Shavers was one of the great trumpeters to emerge during the swing era, a virtuoso with an open minded and extroverted style along with a strong sense of humor. He originally played piano and banjo before switching to trumpet, and he developed very quickly. In 1935, he was with Tiny Bradshaw's band and two years later he joined Lucky Millinder's big band. Soon afterward he became a key member of John Kirby's Sextet where he showed his versatility by mostly playing crisp solos while muted. Shavers was in demand for recording sessions and participated on notable dates with New Orleans jazz pioneers Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, and Sidney Bechet. |
 Freight Train Blues
Trixie Blues
My Daddy Rocks Me (Part 1 & 2)
He May Be Your Man But He Comes To See Me Sometimes
Jack, I'm Mellow
Uncle Joe
I Am A Woman
Toot It, Brother Armstrong
Blue Monday On Sugar Hill
My Unusual Man
Do Your Duty
Low Down Dirty Groundhog
Come Easy Go Easy
My Blue Is Like Whiskey
The Jive Is Here
My Downfall
Hog Wild Blues
Chirpin' The Blues
Down Hearted Blues
I'll See You Go
Fine And Mellow
Yelpin' The Blues
Someday Sweetheart |
Personnel: Trixie Smith, Grant & Wilson, Lether McGraw w/Sam Price's Fly Cats, Rosetta Howard & Her Harlem Serenaders, Alberta Hunter |
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