HOWARD MCGHEE

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Howard McGhee (b March 6, 1918 Tulsa, OK - d July 17, 1987 New York City) was one of the very first bebop jazz trumpeters, together with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for lightning-fast fingers and very high notes. What is generally not known is the influence that he had on younger hard bop trumpeters, together with Fats Navarro.

Howard McGhee was raised in Detroit. During his career, he played in bands led by Lionel Hampton, Andy Kirk, Count Basie and Charlie Barnet. Howard McGhee was the one that brought bebop in California in 1946, a fact that was disapproved by older musicians like Kid Ory. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
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HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee
Bop 1952
HOWARD MCGHEE Be bop album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Be bop
Bop 1952
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee, Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee, Vol. 2
Bop 1953
HOWARD MCGHEE The Howard McGhee Sextet With Milt Jackson (aka The Last Word) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Howard McGhee Sextet With Milt Jackson (aka The Last Word)
Bop 1955
HOWARD MCGHEE Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
Bop 1956
HOWARD MCGHEE The Return of Howard McGhee (aka That Bop Thing) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Return of Howard McGhee (aka That Bop Thing)
Bop 1956
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard Mc Ghee Quintet : Music From The Connection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard Mc Ghee Quintet : Music From The Connection
Bop 1960
HOWARD MCGHEE Dusty Blue album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Dusty Blue
Bop 1960
HOWARD MCGHEE Maggie's Back in Town album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Maggie's Back in Town
Bop 1961
HOWARD MCGHEE Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Bop 1962
HOWARD MCGHEE House Warmin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 House Warmin'
Bop 1963
HOWARD MCGHEE The Sharp Edge (aka Shades Of Blue) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Sharp Edge (aka Shades Of Blue)
Bop 1966
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee, Illinois Jacquet : Here Comes Freddy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee, Illinois Jacquet : Here Comes Freddy
Bop 1976
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee Orchestra: Cookin' Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee Orchestra: Cookin' Time
Big Band 1977
HOWARD MCGHEE Jazzbrothers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Jazzbrothers
Bop 1978
HOWARD MCGHEE That Bop Thing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 That Bop Thing
Bop 1978
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee & Benny Bailey : Home Run album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee & Benny Bailey : Home Run
Bop 1979
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee & Teddy Edwards : Young At Heart album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee & Teddy Edwards : Young At Heart
Bop 1983
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee/Sonny Stitt album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee/Sonny Stitt
Bop 1983
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee, Teddy Edwards ‎: Wise In Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee, Teddy Edwards ‎: Wise In Time
Bop 1985
HOWARD MCGHEE Just Be There album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Just Be There
Bop 1985

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HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee, James Moody, Zoot Sims ‎: Europa Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee, James Moody, Zoot Sims ‎: Europa Jazz
Bop 1982

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HOWARD MCGHEE Live At Emerson`s album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Live At Emerson`s
Bop 1979

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HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee Sextet Avec James Moody : Moods By McGhee album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee Sextet Avec James Moody : Moods By McGhee
Bop 1957
HOWARD MCGHEE Trumpet At Tempo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Trumpet At Tempo
Bop 1976
HOWARD MCGHEE Maggie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Maggie
Bop 1977
HOWARD MCGHEE Special album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Special
Bop 1981
HOWARD MCGHEE Trumpet at Tempo: The Complete Dial Sessions, 1946-1947 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Trumpet at Tempo: The Complete Dial Sessions, 1946-1947
Bop 1996
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee Volume 2/Tal Farlow Quartet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee Volume 2/Tal Farlow Quartet
Bop 1998
HOWARD MCGHEE Vol. 1 & Introducing the Kenny Drew Trio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Vol. 1 & Introducing the Kenny Drew Trio
Bop 1998
HOWARD MCGHEE The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1948 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1948
Bop 1999
HOWARD MCGHEE The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1946-1948 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1946-1948
Bop 2000
HOWARD MCGHEE The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1945-1946 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1945-1946
Bop 2000
HOWARD MCGHEE Complete Savoy & Dial Masters: Leader Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Complete Savoy & Dial Masters: Leader Sessions
Bop 2000
HOWARD MCGHEE The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1949-1952 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Chronological Classics: Howard McGhee 1949-1952
Bop 2002
HOWARD MCGHEE Dusty Blue + The Connection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Dusty Blue + The Connection
Bop 2011
HOWARD MCGHEE Howard McGhee: West Coast 1945-1947 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Howard McGhee: West Coast 1945-1947
Bop 2013
HOWARD MCGHEE Cool Fantasy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Cool Fantasy
Big Band 2018

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