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Howard McGhee
tr, 1918-1987 US, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Musician of Jazz
Howard McGhee (born March 6, 1918, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - died July 17, 1987, New York City, New York, USA) was one of the very first bebop jazz trumpeters, together with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for lightning-fast fingers and very high notes. What is generally not known is the influence that he had on younger hard bop trumpeters, together with Fats Navarro. Howard McGhee was raised in Detroit. During his career, he played in bands led by Lionel Hampton, Andy Kirk, Count Basie and Charlie Barnet. Howard McGhee was the one that brought bebop in California in 1946, a fact that was disapproved by older musicians like Kid Ory.
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Stella by Starlight on Trumpet Breeze by Howard McGhee Drew's Blues on McGhee's Midnight Jam by Howard McGhee Tranquillity on Howard McGhee by Howard McGhee Double Talk - Pt. 1 on Bebop Story, Vol. 36 by Fats Navarro Be My Love on McGhee's Midnight Jam by Howard McGhee Dusty Blue on Dusty Blue by Howard McGhee Gloria on Bop to the Top by Howard McGhee Cottage for Sale on Dusty Blue by Howard McGhee Sleep Talk on Dusty Blue by Howard McGhee Boperation on Howard McGhee All Stars by Howard McGheeTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast 1945-1957 | Howard McGhee | 2013 | Compil. |
| Together Again! | Teddy Edwards, Howard McGhee | 2012 | Compil. |
| Home Run | Howard McGhee & Benny Bailey | 1999 | Album |
| Complete Savoy & Dial Masters (Leader Sessions) | Howard McGhee | 1999 | Compil. |
| 1948 | Howard McGhee | 1999 | Compil. |
| 1946-1948 | Howard McGhee | 1999 | Compil. |
| Wise In Time | Howard McGhee, Teddy Edwards | 1998 | Album |
| Howard McGhee - Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio | Howard McGhee / The Kenny Drew Trio | 1998 | Compil. |
| Cool Fantasy | Howard McGhee | 1997 | Compil. |
| On Dial - The Complete Sessions | Howard McGhee | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Bebop Master | Howard McGhee | 1990 | Album |
| Sonny Stitt Featuring Howard McGhee | Sonny Stitt Featuring Howard McGhee | 1988 | Compil. |
| Wise In Time | Howard McGhee, Teddy Edwards | 1985 | Album |
| Young At Heart | Howard McGhee & Teddy Edwards | 1983 | Album |
| Howard McGhee All Stars & Sextet | Howard McGhee All Stars / Howard McGhee With Fats Navarro / Howard McGhee Sextet | 1983 | Compil. |
| Howard McGhee / Sonny Stitt | Howard McGhee / Sonny Stitt | 1983 | Compil. |
| Europa Jazz | Howard McGhee, James Moody, Zoot Sims | 1982 | Album |
| Special | Howard McGhee | 1981 | Compil. |
| Jazzbrothers | Howard McGhee | 1978 | Album |
| Here Comes Freddy | Howard McGhee & Illinois Jacquet | 1978 | Album |
| Maggie | Howard McGhee | 1977 | Compil. |
| The Heat's On | Roy Eldridge, Howard McGhee | 1976 | Compil. |
| Modern Trumpet Leaders | Conte Candoli, Dizzy Gillespie, Howard McGhee, Red Rodney | 1976 | Compil. |
| Trumpet At Tempo | Howard McGhee | 1976 | Compil. |
| Live Recording At The "Birdland" New York, September 1952 | Coleman Hawkins Quintet, Roy Eldridge, Howard McGhee | 1976 | Album |
| The Sharp Edge | Howard McGhee | 1966 | Album |
| House Warmin' | Howard McGhee | 1963 | Single |
| House Warmin' | Howard McGhee | 1963 | Album |
| A Date With Greatness | Coleman Hawkins, Howard McGhee & Lester Young | 1962 | Album |
| Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out | Howard McGhee | 1962 | Album |
| George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess | George Gershwin, Mel Tormé, Frances Faye With Betty Roché, George Kirby, Johnny Hartman, Sallie Blair, Frank Rosolino, Loulie Jean Norman, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Russell Garcia Conducting The Studio Orchestra, The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Pat Moran Quartet, The Stan Levey Group And Maynard Ferguson, Cat Anderson, Howard McGhee, Herbie Mann, Paul Gonsalves, Ralph Sharon, Johnny Hodges | 1962 | Album |
| Maggie's Back In Town!! | Howard McGhee | 1961 | Album |
| Together Again! | Teddy Edwards / Howard McGhee | 1961 | Album |
| With Malice Towards None | Howard McGhee | 1961 | Single |
| Dusty Blue | Howard McGhee | 1960 | Album |
| Swinging Lester Young | Lester Young With Howard McGhee, Chico Hamilton, Willie Smith, Curtis Counce, Joe Albany, Vic Dickenson, Irving Ashby | 1958 | Compil. |
| West Coast Jazz Concert | Dexter Gordon, Barney Kessel, Wardell Gray, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes, Harry Babasin, Howard McGhee | 1957 | Album |
| The Return Of Howard McGhee | Howard McGhee | 1956 | Album |
| Don't Blame Me / Tweedles | Howard McGhee | 1956 | Single |
| Transpicuous / You're Teasing Me | Howard McGhee | 1956 | Single |
| Lover Man / Lullaby Of The Leaves | Howard McGhee | 1956 | Single |
| Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries | Howard McGhee | 1956 | Album |
| Flip | Flip Phillips And His Orchestra Featuring Howard McGhee, Bennie Green | 1956 | Compil. |
| New Volume 6 (Formerly Vols.8, 9, and 10) | Jazz At The Philharmonic featuring Flip Phillips, Bill Harris, Jo Jones, Illinois Jacquet, Howard McGhee, Ray Brown, Hank Jones | 1955 | Album |
| The Howard McGhee Sextet With Milt Jackson | Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson | 1955 | Album |
| Howard McGhee Volume 2 | Howard McGhee | 1953 | Album |
| Be bop | Howard McGhee | 1952 | Album |
| Hollywood Jazz Session - Vol. 1 | Dexter Gordon / Wardell Gray / Howard McGhee / Trummy Young / Barney Kessel / Hampton Hawes, Ken Kennedy, Leroy Gray | 1952 | Album |
| Howard McGhee All Stars | Howard McGhee All Stars / Howard McGhee | 1952 | Album |
| Dizzy Gillespie And Modern Trumpets | Dizzy Gillespie And Modern Trumpets Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Howard McGhee | 1952 | Compil. |
| Bopin' Bop | Howard McGhee | 1949 | Album |
| Oodie Coo Bop | Howard McGhee, Lucky Thompson, Jack McVea, Irving Ashby, Jimmy Bunn, Red Callender | 1949 | Album |
| Bopera - Part 3 / 4 | Howard McGhee / Sonny Criss | 1947 | Album |
| The Hunt - Part 1 / 2 | Howard McGhee / Sonny Criss | 1947 | Album |
| Big Noise | Howard McGhee | 1946 | Album |
| Big Noise Part 2 / Big Noise Part 3 | Howard McGhee | 1946 | Album |
| I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 64 | Duke Ellington / Thad Jones / Kenny Dorham / Howard McGhee | Compil. | |
| Gene Norman Presents "Just Jazz" | Wardell Gray And Erroll Garner And Howard McGhee | Single | |
| Cubop City | Howard McGhee | Album | |
| Rare Broadcast Performances | Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Howard McGhee | Album | |
| Howard McGhee Plays | Howard McGhee | Single | |
| Swing Sessions 10 - 1946-1950 | Kenny Clarke, James Moody, Fats Navarro, Bud Powell, Howard McGhee, John Lewis | Compil. | |
| Roy Aldrige + Howard Mcghee | Roy Aldridge, Howard McGhee | Album |
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