Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1917 to July 8, 1971) was a 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. is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... The trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... For the Australian cricketer nicknamed Dizzy, see Jason Gillespie. ... Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 6, 1989) was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era. ... Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 - August 8, 1940) was a jazz clarinetist, and older brother of drummer Baby Dodds. ... Jimmie Noone (sometimes spelled Jimmy Noone) (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) was an early jazz clarinetist. ... Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was a jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. ... Midge Williams (1915-1952) was an African American Swing Jazz vocalist during the 1930s and 1940s. ... Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later nicknamed Lady Day (see Jazz royalty regarding similar nicknames), was an American jazz singer, generally regarded as one of the great female jazz vocalists of the twentieth century. ...

Charlie Shavers' father was from the prominent Shavers family of Key West, Florida, and Charlie was cousins with heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers. Born in New York he originally took up the piano and banjo before switching to trumpet. In the mid-thirties, he performed with Tiny Bradshaw and Lucky Millinder. In 1936 he joined John Kirby's Sextet as trumpet soloist and arranger (he was only 16 but gave his birthdate as 1917 in order to avoid child labor laws - many biographies still list this date). His arrangements and solos with this band contributed greatly towards making it one of the most commercially successful and widely imitated bands of its day. In 1937 he was performing with Midge Willliams and Her Jazz Jesters. In 1944 he began playing sessions in Raymond Scott's CBS staff orchestra. In 1945 he left John Kirby's band to join Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra, with whom he toured and recorded, off and on, until 1953. During this time he continued to play sessions at CBS, played with the Metronome All-Stars, and made a number of recordings as trumpet soloist with Billie Holiday. From 1953 to 1954 he worked with Benny Goodman, and toured Europe with Norman Granz's popular Jazz at the Philharmonic series, where he was always a crowd favorite. He went on to form his own band with Terry Gibbs and Louis Bellson. Nickname: Coordinates: , Country United States State Florida County Monroe Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Morgan McPherson Area  - City  7. ... Earnie Dee Shaver better known as Earnie Shavers (born August 31, 1945) was a professional boxer. ... This article is about the state. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments. ... Myron (Tiny) Bradshaw (1905 – 1958) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer from Youngstown, Ohio. ... Lucius Venable (Lucky) Millinder (August 8, 1900 – September 28, 1966) was an American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader and singer. ... John Kirby may refer to: John Kirby (1772-1846), Canadian businessman and politician John Kirby (1908-1952), jazz bassist and band leader John Kirby, Bishop of Clonfert in Ireland John Kirby (1690-1753), a landscape artist This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Midge Williams (1915-1952) was an African American Swing Jazz vocalist during the 1930s and 1940s. ... Raymond Scott, 1937 Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, September 10, 1908 – February 8, 1994), was an American composer, orchestra leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor. ... John Kirby may refer to: John Kirby (1772-1846), Canadian businessman and politician John Kirby (1908-1952), jazz bassist and band leader John Kirby, Bishop of Clonfert in Ireland John Kirby (1690-1753), a landscape artist This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Tommy Dorsey, in a publicity shot for The Big Apple Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Norman Granz (Los Angeles, USA, August 6, 1918 - Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2001), was an American jazz music impresario and producer. ... Jazz at the Philharmonic (JATP) was the title of a series of concerts and recordings produced by Norman Granz. ... Terry Gibbs (1924 - ) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader. ... Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (born in 1924), who performed as Louie Bellson, is an American jazz drummer. ...

Charlie Shavers died from throat cancer in New York in 1971 at the age of 53. His friend Louis Armstrong died while Shavers was on his deathbed, and his last request was that his trumpet mouthpiece be buried with Armstrong in his coffin. Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz musician. ...

Partial Discography:

• Like Charlie
• Out of Nowhere
• Here Comes Charlie
• The Music From Milk & Honey
• Excitement Unlimited
• The Most Intimate
• Paris Jazz
• Shavers Shivers
• Horn O'Plenty
• JATP: The Trumpet Battle 1953 (with Roy Eldridge)

Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 6, 1989) was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era. ...

External links

• Verve records artist page: Charlie Shavers
• http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Charlie_Shavers.htm