Howard McGhee
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Biography
[Edit]During 1945-1949, Howard McGhee was one of the finest trumpeters in jazz, an exciting performer with a sound of his own, who among the young bop players, ranked at the top with Dizzy Gillespie and Fats Navarro. The "missing link" between Roy Eldridge and Fats Navarro (Navarro influenced Clifford Brown who influenced most of the post-1955 trumpeters), McGhee originally played clarinet and tenor, not taking up trumpet until he was 17. He worked in territory bands, was with Lionel Hampton in 1941, and then joined Andy Kirk (1941-1942), being featured on "McGhee Special." McGhee participated in the fabled bop sessions at Minton's Playhouse and Monroe's Uptown House, modernizing his style away from Roy Eldridge and towards Dizzy Gillespie. He was with Charlie Barnet (1942-1943), returned to Kirk (where he sat next to Fats Navarro in the trumpet section), and had brief stints with Georgie Auld and Count Basie before traveling to California with Coleman Hawkins in 1945; their concise recordings of swing-to-bop transitional music (including "Stuffy," "Rifftide," and "Hollywood Stampede") are classic. McGhee stayed in California into 1947, playing with Jazz at the Philharmonic, recording and gigging with Charlie Parker (including the ill-fated "Lover Man" date) and having an influence on young players out on the Coast. His Dial sessions were among the most exciting recordings of his career, and back in New York he recorded for Savoy and had a historic meeting on record with Navarro in 1948 on Blue Note.
Eventually, drugs began to affect McGhee's career. He traveled on a USO tour during the Korean War, recording in Guam. McGhee also had sessions for Bethlehem (1955-1956) but was inactive during much of the '50s. He recorded some strong dates for Felsted, Bethlehem, Contemporary, and Black Lion during 1960-1961, and on a quartet outing for United Artists (1962), but (with the exception of a Hep big band date in 1966) was largely off records again until 1976. He had a final burst of activity during 1976-1979 for Sonet, SteepleChase, Jazzcraft, Zim, and Storyville, but by then, McGhee was largely forgotten and few knew about his link to Fats Navarro and Clifford Brown.
Title: The Last Word (feat. Milt Jackson, Percy Heath & Jimmy Heath)
Artist: Howard McGhee
Genre: Jazz
Title: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" & "House Warmin'!"
Artist: Howard McGhee
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Revisit #2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Here's a Song! (You Might Have Missed), Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Oldies Mega Hits of the Jazz Era
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: The Greatest Chicago Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Wise Guys & Wild Women! Jazz Noir
Genre: Jazz
Title: West Coast Cool Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: L.A. Noire - Jazz Inspired By The Video Game
Genre: Jazz
Title: That Newport Jazz (Live)
Genre: Jazz
Title: BeBop Jazz Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bebop Vocalists - Cool Whalin'
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz Essentials - Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bird Brains - Charlie Parker Imitators
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Latino
Title: Just Cooling
Genre: Jazz
Title: Savoy First Steps
Genre: Electronica, Jazz
Title: Learning Jazz Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bebop Romps
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Bar Vol. 5
Title: Greatest Classics: Forever Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Stardust (The Standard Collection)
Genre:
Title: Rare Bebop Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Roads of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Early Bebop Brass Pioneers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jerome Kern Songbook: The Song Is You
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Explosion - The Greats Volume Nine
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sunset Swing
Title: Hip Jazz-Bop!: This Is Your Brain
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Trumpets and Horns
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gene Norman's Just Jazz Concerts
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Trumpet Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz: Bebop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Bebop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Groovin' High - The Ultimate Trumpet Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Influential Jazz Trombone Players
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dancefloor Soloists Vol 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Platinum Series: Forever Jazz Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Original Hits: Forever Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Lake Records Story Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Be-Bop
Genre: Jazz
Title: We Cut This Album for Bread
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Trumpet Favourites
Genre: Jazz
Title: World of Jazz - The Jazz Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Top 20 Bebop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Jazz 100 (CD6)
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: The Original Jazz Masters Series Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz District Bebop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Cool Velvet: Jazz Saxophone Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: World Of Jazz, The Jazz Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz In Paris: 50 Reasons To Love Paris
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz In Paris: Bebop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bebop Story, Volume 24
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Blue Note Story 1939-1950 The 78 Era
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bebop Swing Cafe
Genre: Jazz
Title: Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1962 Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Bebop: Pioneers And Classic Performances 1941-49 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: West Coast Jazz Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Trumpet Talents (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Forever Jazz: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (The Best Collection)
Artist: Vários Artistas / Varios Artistas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Californian Jam Sessions (Hd Remastered Edition; Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Chet Baker
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete Jazz at The Philharmonic on Verve, 1944-1949
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
