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Howard McGhee

Tulsa, United States · 1918-03-06 – 1987-07-17

Howard McGhee is credited on 1,104 releases across 286 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,104

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286

Albums

8

Decades active

73

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American jazz trumpeter
Born March 6, 1918, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, died July 17, 1987, New York City, New York, USA
One of the earliest bebop jazz trumpeters, he was known for lightning-fast fingers and very high notes. What is generally not known is the influence (along with Fats Navarro) that he had on younger hard bop trumpeters.
Howard McGhee was raised in Detroit. During his career, he played in bands led by Lionel Hampton, [Andy Kirk (both briefly and successively in 1941), Count Basie (also for a short period) and Charlie Barnet. With Coleman Hawkins in California (1945) and stayed until 1947. Away from the scene for spells in the 1950s, re-emerged in the next decade.

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1,104 releases · 286 albums · active 1950–2023

  • Performance · 1,732
  • Other credits · 18

Studios: Carnegie Hall · WOR Studios · C.P. MacGregor Studios · Radio Recorders

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