Biography

Charlie Shavers, born on August 3, 1920, was a renowned American jazz trumpet player during the swing era. Throughout his career, he had the pleasure of performing with esteemed musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, and Billie Holiday. Aside from his exceptional trumpet skills, Shavers was also recognized for his talent as an arranger and composer. One of his notable compositions, "Undecided," has become a jazz standard. Sadly, Charlie Shavers passed away on July 8, 1971.

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#	Song	Languages	Released	Views
1	Memories of You Kandahar	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2008	743
2	Memories Of You Memories of You	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1990	416
3	Runnin' Wild A Famous Jazz Party - 1958	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2004	413
4	Undecided Le Lion a Paris: Lions Abroad, Vol. 3	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1997	156
5	Don't Fence Me In I'm Beginning to See the Light: 1944	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2000	130
6	Stormy Weather Complete Intimate Interpretations	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2005	127
7	Out of Nowhere Four Classic Albums Plus: Tribute To Andy Razaf/Horn O’Plenty/the Most Intimate/Blue St	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2013	117
8	The Best Things in Life Are Free The Everest Years	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2005	115
9	If I Had You 1944-1945	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1997	114
10	Rose Room Four Classic Albums Plus: Tribute To Andy Razaf/Horn O’Plenty/the Most Intimate/Blue St	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2013	113

All album song lyrics by Charlie Shavers

#	Song	Released	Views
1	From Swing to Bebop	2000	3.204
2	Honey/Happy Heart	1999	2.657
3	The Complete Masters 1941-1954	2011	1.791
4	The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips Studio Sessions	1998	1.314
5	Jazz & New York	2017	1.276
6	A Famous Jazz Party - 1958	2004	1.017
7	Four Classic Albums Plus: Tribute To Andy Razaf/Horn O’Plenty/the Most Intimate/Blue St	2013	873
8	Blues for a Playboy	2007	839
9	Kandahar	2008	743
10	Four Classic Albums: Flip/The Flip Phillips - Buddy Rich Trio/Flip Wails/Swinging With	2012	627
11	Le Lion a Paris: Lions Abroad, Vol. 3	1997	563
12	The Everest Years	2005	501
13	Complete Intimate Interpretations	2005	493
14	Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 [Charlie Shavers/Ray Bryant Quartet]	2005	438
15	Memories of You	1990	416
16	Swinging with Flip	2007	413
17	Cole Porter Songbook: Night & Day	2005	407
18	Keep on Flippin', Vol. 3 1952	2002	347
19	Masters of Classic Jazz: The Trumpet	2000	310
20	Dinnertime Jazz	2001	289
21	Complete Recordings, Vol. 2	2005	286
22	Young Shavers	1997	285
23	At the Opera House	1994	268
24	Yale University Archives, Vol. 3: Live At The Rainbow Grill & Basin Street 1966-1967 &	2010	258
25	I'm Beginning to See the Light: 1944	2000	257
26	The Hot 50: Buck Clayton	2013	253
27	1942-1945	1996	250
28	Happy Over Hoagy/We Dig Cole	1993	236
29	Lullaby of Birdland [Giant Steps]	2003	235
30	Singalongamemories	2005	227
31	The Mozaic	2007	226
32	Jazz Gold	2007	223
33	Our Way: A Tribute to the Sinatra Swing Era	2001	221
34	The Complete Norman Granz Jam Sessions	2004	220
35	Cole Porter Songbook [Definitive]	2004	218
36	60 Great Sessions and Jams	2012	201
37	Horn O' Plenty [Compilation]	1955	198
38	Jazz Explosion, Vol. 6	2012	194
39	Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 [Charlie Shavers/Ray Bryant Quartet]	2005	189
40	Complete At Midnight/At Riverside Sessions	2004	188
41	It Feels Good		172
42	1944-1945	1997	160
43	Charlie Shavers & Strings	2001	158
44	Electrodynamics		149
45	Period's Jazz Digest	2005	148
46	The Cole Porter Songbook	1990	141
47	Mingus Plays Piano	1963	128
48	Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Vol. 4	1991	123
49	Shavers Shivers	2000	119
50	Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch	2014	116
51	The Charlie Parker Story, Vol. 2 [Verve]	1957	113
52	The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert 1952	1996	112
53	The Unique Thelonious Monk	1956	108
54	Rainbow Mist	1992	103
55	Zoot and Boots	2012	100
56	The Many Moods of Charlie Shavers	2002	96
57	Legendary Rockland Palace Concert , Vol. 1	1996	94
58	Ragtime Reflections	2006	94
59	Oscar Peterson Plays	2017	94
60	Live!	1970	86
61	Charlie Shavers: Swing Era ,1937-1945	2000	84
62	Jazz Is Love	2006	80
63	Fine & Mellow: 1935-1941	1995	72
64	Buddy Rich, Vol. 2	2013	65
65	At Café Society Downtown and Birdland	2001	65
66	Jam Session	1952	62
67	1931-1938	1995	58
68	The History of Jazz, Vol. 1 [Jazz Club]	2008	56
69	The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes	2005	41
70	Bird with Strings: Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland	1978	39
71	The Complete Charlie Shavers with Maxine Sullivan	1999	36
72	Conversations in the Language of Jazz	1995	35
73	Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing, Vol. 7: 100 Essential Tracks	2013	30
74	Your Love		20
75	Blues & Ballads	1960	19
76	Standard Time, Vol. 1	1987	19
77	Jazz Journeys Presents the Birth of Bebop: Charlie Parker-100 Essential Tracks	2013	15
78	Highlights of Swing	2013	10
79	Memory of a Princess (English Text)	1997	10
80	The Hot 100: Charlie Parker - 100 Essential Tracks	2013	7
81	Moonlight Cocktail	2003	7
82	Voices Deep Within	2009	7
83	Memories		6
84	The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks		6
85	Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes	2016	6
86	The Cole Porter Songbook		4
87	Blue Prince	2001	4
88	Struttin' with Some Barbecue	1998	4
89	Left on the Outside		3
90	Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing: Art Tatum	2013	3
91	Ballad Medley	2014	3
92	Evening Jazz		3
93	Live in Kalamazoo	2007	3
94	Jazz 'Round Midnight: Erroll Garner	1991	2
95	Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes	2016	1
96	Right Now Right Now	2001	1
97	5 Original Albums		1
98	Play, Piano, Play, Vol. 5	2003	1
99	A Free Spirit	2006	1
100	The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 7	1956	1