1949-1952
Released: May 7, 2002
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Released: May 7, 2002
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This is quite a package, different in some ways from anything else in the Howard McGhee discography. With J.J. Johnson and Brew Moore alongside McGhee in front of Kenny Drew, Curly Russell, and Max...
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1945-1946
Released: Nov 14, 2000
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Released: Nov 14, 2000
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Howard McGhee was one of the most significant and underrated trumpeters of the bebop era, a transitional player who led the way from Roy Eldridge to Fats Navarro. In 1945 he came to the West Coast...
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Complete Savoy & Dial Masters: Leader Sessions
Released: Sep 19, 2000
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Released: Sep 19, 2000
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Howard McGhee was one of the main bebop trumpeters of the mid- to late '40s with Dizzy Gillespie and Fats Navarro. These 20 cuts are the complete master takes, originally made for the Savoy and...
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1946-1948
Released: Mar 14, 2000
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Released: Mar 14, 2000
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This two-year examination of McGhee's recorded work finds the trumpeter performing dates from the West Coast to New York and Chicago. The playing is stellar, and the bands feature notables like...
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1948
Released: Sep 14, 1999
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Released: Sep 14, 1999
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This excellent album of vintage bop opens with seven tracks recorded in Chicago during February 1948, using members of the band that Howard McGhee was leading at Chicago's Argyle Lounge at the...
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Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio
Released: Oct 20, 1998
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Released: Oct 20, 1998
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This 1998 CD has all of the music from two formerly scarce 10" LPs. Trumpeter Howard McGhee heads an all-star group that includes trombonist J.J. Johnson, tenor-saxophonist Brew Moore, pianist...
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Howard McGhee, Vol. 2/Tal Farlow Quartet
Released: Oct 20, 1998
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Released: Oct 20, 1998
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Among the rarest Blue Note recordings are the ones issued in the early '50s on ten-inch LPs, a format that did not catch on (being quickly overshadowed by twelve-inch LPs). Among the two albums...
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