Howard McGhee

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Howard McGhee was an influential American jazz trumpeter and early bebop pioneer known for his virtuosic playing and collaborations with leading figures of the 1940s and 1950s jazz scene.

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Howard McGhee canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bebop musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz trumpeter ⓘ
activeIn 1940s jazz scene ⓘ
1950s jazz scene ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charlie Barnet ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
J. J. Johnson ⓘ
linked to: J.J. Johnson

Lester Young ⓘ
Milt Jackson ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
era 20th-century music ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
familyName McGhee ⓘ
fieldOfWork jazz improvisation ⓘ
performance of jazz trumpet ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Howard ⓘ
influenced hard bop musicians ⓘ
later bebop trumpeters ⓘ
influencedBy Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
instrument trumpet ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement bebop ⓘ
name Howard McGhee ⓘ
notableEvent participation in early Los Angeles bebop scene ⓘ
recordings with Charlie Parker in the mid-1940s ⓘ
notableFor early bebop pioneer ⓘ
virtuosic trumpet playing ⓘ
notableWork Dusty Blue ⓘ
Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (album) ⓘ
Maggie’s Back in Town!! ⓘ
Music from the Connection ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Contemporary Records ⓘ
Dial Records ⓘ
Savoy Records ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
styleCharacteristic advanced bebop phrasing ⓘ
complex harmonies ⓘ
fast tempos ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dial Records → recordedArtist → Howard McGhee ⓘ
Riverside Records → recordedArtist → Howard McGhee ⓘ
Dodo Marmarosa → associatedAct → Howard McGhee ⓘ
Teddy Edwards → associatedAct → Howard McGhee ⓘ
Howard McGhee → name → Howard McGhee ⓘ
Sonny Criss → collaboratedWith → Howard McGhee ⓘ