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- Observations sur un ouvrage intitulé,: Le systême de la nature, divisées en deux parties
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- Male
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- United States
- Active from
- 1920-08-03
- Active to
- 1971-07-08
jazzswing
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Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams and Billie Holiday. He was also an arranger and composer, and one of his compositions, "Undecided", is a jazz standard. Charlie Shavers' father was from the prominent Shavers family of Key West, Florida, and Charlie was a cousin of heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers. <a hre
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- MGM Records
- Official website
- www.vervemusicgroup.com/charlieshavers
- Image
- Charlie Shavers, National Studio, May 1947 (Gottlieb 07761).jpg
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- 1917-08-03
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- 1971-07-08
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- Charlie Shavers
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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