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Fats Navarro

1923 - 1950

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Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 7, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. A native of Key West, Florida, he toured with big bands before achieving fame as a bebop trumpeter in New York. Following a series of studio sessions with leading bebop figures including Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Kenny Clarke, he became ill with tuberculosis and died at the age of 26. Despite the short duration of his career, he had a strong stylistic influence on trumpet players who rose to fame in later decades, including Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fats Navarro is the 1,392nd most popular musician (down from 1,065th in 2019), the 7,247th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,233rd in 2019) and the 514th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Fats Navarro ranks 1,392 out of 3,175. Before him are Bobby Keys, Ola Brunkert, Paul Butterfield, Terry Melcher, John Myung, and Jay Chou. After him are Bob Rock, Andrew Davis, Frank Thomas, Trevor Bolder, Steve Aoki, and Simon Gallup.

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Among people born in 1923, Fats Navarro ranks 309. Before him are Ladislav Fuks, Adolf Grünbaum, Juan Acuña, Vittorio De Seta, Helen Murray Free, and V. N. Janaki. After him are Paula Fox, Shlomo Hillel, Patrick Moore, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Bülent Eken, and Hanna Maron. Among people deceased in 1950, Fats Navarro ranks 154. Before him are Bainbridge Colby, Joseph Stadler, Alexandros Diomidis, Sara Allgood, Alexander Tairov, and Giovanni Giorgi. After him are Antonina Nezhdanova, Frederic Zelnik, Alice Kober, Tommaso Costantino, Gopinath Bordoloi, and Karel Koželuh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fats Navarro ranks 7,249 out of 20,380. Before him are Lauren Vélez (1964), John Templeton (1912), Edward Condon (1902), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Chad Stahelski (1968), and Dale Dye (1944). After him are Rose Cleveland (1846), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Reggie Miller (1965), Jack Northrop (1895), Nancy Olson (1928), and Roy Eldridge (1911).

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Among musicians born in United States, Fats Navarro ranks 514. Before him are Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), George Jones (1931), Bobby Keys (1943), Paul Butterfield (1942), Terry Melcher (1942), and John Myung (1967). After him are Frank Thomas (1912), Steve Aoki (1977), Jack Irons (1962), Taylor Hawkins (1972), Wynton Kelly (1931), and Mike Dirnt (1972).

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