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Fats Navarro

Born: Sep 24, 1923 in Key West, FL

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Died: Jul 7, 1950 in New York, NY

Genre: Jazz

Styles: Bop

Biography: One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Fats Navarro had a tragically brief career yet his influence is still being felt. His fat sound combined aspects of Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Dizzy Gillespie, became the main inspiration for Clifford Brown, and through Brownie greatly affected the ...Read full biography

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Nostalgia

Released: 1947

Label: SLG Music

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Taken from three different, late-'40s sessions, Nostalgia features Navarro in the fine company of bebop stars like Dexter Gordon, Tadd Dameron, and Art Blakey. While looser sounding than the legendary ...Read full review

Featured With The Tad Dameron Band

Released: 1948

Label: Fantasy Inc.

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On this CD reissue are all of the contents of a former two-LP set. Trumpeter Fats Navarro is featured on ten of the thirteen selections with pianist-arranger Tadd Dameron's Orchestra; the other three songs ...Read full review

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