Fats Navarro
- Type: Influential Sideman
- Country: United States
- Born: September 24, 1923 in Key West, Florida, United States
- Died: July 6, 1950 in New York City, New York, United States
- Active: 1941 - 1950
Biography
American jazz trumpeter born on September 24, 1923, in Key West, Florida, and died on July 6, 1950, in New York City. Fats Navarro was a bebop pioneer whose full tone and melodic improvising, heard with the *Billy Eckstine*, *Benny Goodman* and *Lionel Hampton* orchestras and in sessions with *Tadd Dameron* and *Bud Powell*, made him a formative influence on *Clifford Brown*. His career was cut short by tuberculosis and addiction at twenty-six.
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Fats Navarro Discography
- Memorial Album (1952) - Compilation - rated 3.54/5
- The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1 (1957) - Compilation - rated 3.46/5
- The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 2 (1957) - Compilation - rated 3.33/5
- The Fats Navarro Story (2001) - Compilation - rated 4.06/5