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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Fats Navarro| image = Fats Navarro (Gottlieb 06551).jpg| caption = Fats Navarro, ca 1947. Photo by William P. Gottlieb .| image_size = 200| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Theodore Navarro| alias = Fats, Fat Girl| birth_date = Birth date|1923|9|24| death_date = death date and age|1950|7|7|1923|9|24|origin = Key West, Florida , United States|U.S. | instrument = Trumpet | genre = Jazz , bebop | occupation = Trumpeter | years_active = 1943& ndash;1950| label =| associated_acts =| website =| notable_instruments = Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 & ndash; July 7, 1950cite web|url= http://www.biography.com/articles/Fats-Navarro-9420792| title=Fats Navarro Biography| publisher= biography.com ) was an United States|American jazz trumpet player. He was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. He had a strong stylistic influence on many other players, most notably Clifford Brown .
Life
Navarro was born in Key West, Florida , to Cubans|Cuban -Black-Chinese parentage. He began playing piano at age six, but did not become serious about music until he began playing trumpet at age of thirteen. He was a childhood friend of drummer Al Dreares . Eugene Chadbourne , Allmusic|class=artist|id=p72194/biography|pure_url=yes Al Dreares at Allmusic . By the time he graduated from Douglass high school he wanted to be away from Key West and joined a dance band headed for the midwest.
Tiring of the road life after touring with many bands and gaining valuable experience, including influencing a young J. J. Johnson when they were together in Snookum Russell 's territory band , Navarro settled in New York City in 1946, where his career took off. He met and played with, among others, Charlie Parker , one of the greatest musical innovators of modern jazz improvisation, but Navarro was in a position to demand a high salary, and did not join one of Parker's regular groups. He also developed a heroin addiction, which, coupled with tuberculosis and a weight problem (he was nicknamed "Fat Girl") led to a slow decline in his health and death at the age of twenty-six.
Among others, Fats Navarro played in the Andy Kirk (musician)|Andy Kirk , Billy Eckstine , Benny Goodman , and Lionel Hampton big bands, and participated in small group recording sessions with Kenny Clarke , Tadd Dameron , Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Coleman Hawkins , Illinois Jacquet , Howard McGhee , and Bud Powell .
In Charles Mingus ' somewhat counter-factual autobiography Beneath the Underdog , Navarro and Mingus strike up a deep friendship while touring together. Navarro was hospitalized on July 1 and died in the evening of July 7, 1950. His last performance was with Charlie Parker on July 1 at Birdland.
Navarro was survived by wife Rena (née Clark; 1927–1975) and daughter Linda (born 1949), who currently lives in Seattle, Washington.
Discography
MultiCol 1943
Andy Kirk - "Fare Thee Well Honey" c/w "Baby, Don't You Tell Me No Lie" (Decca 4449)
1944
Andy Kirk and his Orchestra Live at the Apollo 1944-1947 (Everybody's EV 3003)
Andy Kirk - ''Andy's Jive (Swing House (E) SWH 39)
The Uncollected Andy Kirk - Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy (Hindsight (E) HSR 227)
Andy Kirk and his Orchestra (no details) (Caracol (F) CAR 424)
1945
Andy Kirk and his Orchestra (no details) (Swing House (E) SWH 130)
Billy Eckstine - Together (Spotlite (E) SPJ 100)
Billy Eckstine - Blues for Sale (EmArcy MG 36029)
Billy Eckstine - The Love Songs of Mr. "B" (EmArcy MG 36030)
V.A. - ''The Advance Guard of the '40s (EmArcy MG 36016)
Billy Eckstine - You Call It Madness (Regent MG 6058)
Billy Eckstine - Prisoner of Love (Regent MG 6052)
1946
Andy Kirk - "He's My Baby" c/w "Soothe Me" (Decca 23870)
Andy Kirk - "Alabama Bound" c/w "Doggin' Man Blues" (Decca 48073)
Billy Eckstine - My Deep Blue Dream (Regent MG 6054)
Billy Eckstine - I Surrender, Dear (EmArcy MG 36010)
V.A. - ''Boning Up the 'Bones (EmArcy MG 36038)
Billy Eckstine - Mr. B and the Band (Savoy SJL 2214)
Miles Davis All Stars and Gil Evans (Beppo (E) BEP 502)
The Persuasively Coherent Miles Davis (Alto AL 701)
Hooray for Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (Session Disc 102)
Compilations
1995: The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron (Blue Note)
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References
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External links
http://csis.pace.edu/~varden/navarro/bio.html Biography of Fats Navarro
http://www.scarecrowpress.com/Catalog/Singlebook.shtml? command=Search& db=^DB/CATALOG.db& eqSKUdatarq=0810867214 The Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro by Leif Bo Petersen & Theo Rehak
Persondata | NAME = Navarro, Fats | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = September 24, 1923 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = July 6, 1950 | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Navarro, Fats Category:1923 births Category:1950 deaths Category:American jazz trumpeters Category:Bebop trumpeters Category:People from Key West, Florida Category:Blue Note Records artists Category:Savoy Records artists
