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Theodore (Fats) Navarro (24 September 1923 – 6 July 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player. He was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940's. He is regarded by many to have been one of the first modern jazz trumpet improvisers and in his short career had a strong stylistic influence on many other players, most notably Clifford Brown.

Navarro was born in Key West, Florida, to 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 thirteen. By the time he graduated high school he wanted out of Key West and joined a dance band headed for the midwest.

After touring with many bands and gaining valuable experience, and tiring of the road life, Navarro settled in New York City in 1946, where his playing really took off. He met and read more...
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FATS NAVARRO Memorial Album album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Memorial Album
Bop 1951
FATS NAVARRO New Sounds In Modern Music - Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 New Sounds In Modern Music - Volume 1
Bop 1952
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 "Fats - Bud - Klook - Sonny - Kinney"
Bop 1955
FATS NAVARRO The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1
Bop 1956
FATS NAVARRO The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2
Bop 1956
FATS NAVARRO Nostalgia (Fats Navarro Memorial No. 2) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Nostalgia (Fats Navarro Memorial No. 2)
Bop 1958
FATS NAVARRO Classics Of Modern Jazz - Volume 1 (aka Good Bait) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Classics Of Modern Jazz - Volume 1 (aka Good Bait)
Bop 1961
FATS NAVARRO Fat Girl album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Fat Girl
Bop 1977

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FATS NAVARRO Fats Navarro / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis / Kenny Dorham ‎: Modern Jazz Trumpets album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Fats Navarro / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis / Kenny Dorham ‎: Modern Jazz Trumpets
Bop 1951

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FATS NAVARRO Prime Source album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Prime Source
Bop 1975
FATS NAVARRO Fats Navarro Featured With the Tadd Dameron Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Fats Navarro Featured With the Tadd Dameron Band
Bop 1977
FATS NAVARRO Fats Navarro (aka Fats Blows 1946-1949) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Fats Navarro (aka Fats Blows 1946-1949)
Bop 1986
FATS NAVARRO Blowing at the Royal Roost album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Blowing at the Royal Roost
Bop 1995
FATS NAVARRO The Bebop Boys album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Bebop Boys
Bop 1997
FATS NAVARRO Goin' to Minton's album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Goin' to Minton's
Bop 1999
FATS NAVARRO The Chronological Classics: Fats Navarro 1947-1949 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Chronological Classics: Fats Navarro 1947-1949
Bop 2000
FATS NAVARRO Timeless Fats Navarro album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Timeless Fats Navarro
Bop 2003

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