Fats Navarro

Born
September 24, 1923
in Key West, FL 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
by Scott Yanow
One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Fats Navarro had a tragically brief career yet his influence is still being felt. His fat sound combined aspects of Howard Mcghee, Roy Eldridge, and Dizzy Gillespie, became the main inspiration for Clifford Brown, and through Brownie greatly affected the tones and styles of Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw.



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