Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingers and very high notes. What is generally not known is the influence that he had on younger hard bop trumpeters, with Fats Navarro.
As leader/co-leader
1946–7 Trumpet at Tempo (Dial) released 1996 1948 Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (Savoy) 1950 Howard McGhee, Vol. 1 (Blue Note) 1951 Night Music 1952 South Pacific Jazz 1952 The McGhee-Navarro Sextet (with Fats Navarro) 1952 Jazz Goes to the Battlefront Vol. 1 1952 Jazz Goes to the Battlefront Vol. 2 1953 Howard McGhee Vol. 2 1955 The Return of Howard McGhee (Bethlehem) 1955 That Bop Thing 1956 Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Bethlehem) 1960 Music from the Connection (Felsted) 1961 Dusty Blue (Bethlehem) 1961 Together Again!!!! (Contemporary) with Teddy Edwards 1961 Maggie's Back in Town!! (Contemporary) 1961 Shades of Blue 1961 The Sharp Edge (Fontana) 1962 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (United Artists) 1962 House Warmin'! (Argo) 1966 Cookin' Time 1976 Here Comes Freddie (Sonet) with Illinois Jacquet 1976 Just Be There (SteepleChase) with Horace Parlan, Kenny Clarke 1978 Live at Emerson's 1977 Jazz Brothers (Storyville) 1979 Home Run (Storyville) 1979 Wise in Time (Storyville) with Teddy Edwards 1988 Young at Heart, with Teddy Edwards 1995 Maggie: The Savoy Sessions