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Artist: Charlie Shavers Title: Charlie Digs Dixie Label:   MGM Country: USA Catalogue: E-3809 Date: Jan 1960 Format: LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:    Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Charlie Shavers	Beale Street Blues	William Christopher Handy	Rate
A2	Charlie Shavers	St. Louis Blues	William Christopher Handy	Rate
A3	Charlie Shavers	Daddy's Got The Gleeks	Charles Shavers	Rate
A4	Charlie Shavers	Royal Garden Blues	Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams	Rate
A5	Charlie Shavers	Jazz Me Blues	Tom Delaney	Rate
A6	Charlie Shavers	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Irving Berlin	Rate
B1	Charlie Shavers	When The Saints Go Marching In		Rate
B2	Charlie Shavers	If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)	Henry Creamer, James Johnson	Rate
B3	Charlie Shavers	Muscrat Ramble	Ray Gilbert, Edward "Kid" Ory	Rate
B4	Charlie Shavers	Margie	Joseph Russel Robinson, Benny Davis, Con Conrad	Rate
B5	Charlie Shavers	Basin Street Blues	Spencer Williams	Rate
B6	Charlie Shavers	At The Jazz Band Ball	Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields, Johnny Mercer	Rate

Notes

Charles Shavers was a swing era jazz trumpeter who initially played the piano and the banjo before he changed to play the trumpet. Accordingly, Mr. Shavers had played with the trumpet while he was a member of the of the Campus Club Orchestra that was conducted by Frank Fairfax.

While Mr. Shavers was still an adolescent, he had joined the John Kirby band a trumpet soloist and arranger. Due to the fact that this was a commercial band, one had to have at least 18 years of age, so Mr. Shavers had indicated that his birth date was three years more than his actual age in order to avoid the child labor laws. Nevertheless, his arrangements and solos had helped make the John Kirby band one of the most prosperous bands of the 1930s era.

During the 1940s and 1950s, Mr. Shavers had performed in the CBS staff orchestra, played with the Metronome All-Stars and made numerous recordings with Billie Holliday. Also, Mr. Shavers had worked with Benny Goodman had toured Europe with the Jazz at the Philharmonic series.

Mr. Shaver had composed the tune "Undecided" which was recorded by numerous artists, such as John Kirby, Chick Webb and the Dandridge Sisters, but the Ames Brothers had the most
prosperous recording which was in the hit parade of the Billboard magazine for twenty weeks in 1951.

Despite the prosperity of Mr. Shavers, this MGM disc was a failed seller, but this disc eventually became a sought-after disc worldwide for swing-jazz music listeners.

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